Bible Dictionaries
Escape

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.

(2):

(n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

(3):

(v. i.) To get free from that which confines or holds; - used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

(4):

(n.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.

(5):

(n.) An apophyge.

(6):

(n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.

(7):

(v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

(8):

(n.) A sally.

(9):

(n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.

(10):

(n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

(11):

(v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; - often followed by from or out of.

(12):

(v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

(13):

(v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Escape'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/escape.html. 1828.