noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of one who escapes; an escape.
2. 2
   That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.

   "The faint, yet growing escapings of gas were in her nostrils as she slumped into a chair and began painfully to scrawl on the paper."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of escape form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

break looseeludeevasionabandonmentabscondabscondment

Example

More examples

"I caught sight of a fly escaping from the room."

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