Look up: escape

1. Escape
   A plant that is on its way to becoming naturalized in an area. Just exactly as it reads, it has escaped from cultivation.
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2. escape
   Failure of inherently susceptible plants to become diseased, even though disease is prevalent.
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3. escape
   [n] - a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild 2. [n] - the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container 3. [n] - an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy 4. [n] - an avoidance of danger or difficulty 5. [n] - a means or w...
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4. Escape
   A means of exit in an emergency
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5. escape
   a control character to signal a change in the meaning of one or more of the characters that follow it Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • term which indicates precautionary measures taken in the use of modern looms to prevent warp breakages Category: Var...
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6. Escape
   Es·cape' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Escaped ; present participle & verbal noun Escaping .] [ Middle English escapen , eschapen , Old French escaper
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7. Escape
   Es·cape' intransitive verb 1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of . « Haste, for thy life escape , nor look behind......» Keble. 2. To get clear from d...
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8. Escape
   Es·cape' noun 1. 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 ....
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9. Escape
   Es·cape' noun (Botany) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
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10. escape
    1. To flee, and become secure from danger; often followed by from or out of. 'Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind' (Keble) ... 2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. 'Such heretics . . . Would have been thought fortunate, if they escaped with life.' (Maca...
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11. escape
    leak noun the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; `they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe`; `he had to clean up the leak`
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12. escape
    noun the act of escaping physically; `he made his escape from the mental hospital`; `the canary escaped from its cage`; `his flight was an indication of his guilt`
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13. escape
    noun a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
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14. escape
    get away verb run away from confinement; `The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison`
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15. escape
    get away verb remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; `We escaped to our summer house for a few days`; `The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer`
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16. escape
    noun an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; `romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life`; `his alcohol problem was a form of escapism`
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17. escape
    noun nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; `his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible`; `that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive`
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18. escape
    (әs-kāp´) the act of becoming free. vagal escape the exhaustion of or adaptation to neural chemical mediators in the regulation of systemic arterial pressure. ventricular escape extrasystole in which a ventricular pacemaker becomes effective befo...
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19. Escape
    • (v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. • (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. • (n.) An apophyge. • (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. • (n....
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20. escape
    escape Etymology: from the prefix ex-, 'out of' and cappa, 'cape'. The cape was an ordinary article of clothing. When a person was attacked and the cape grasped, he would squirm out of it, leaving the attacker holding the cape. Breaking loose and fleeing was an 'escape'; and so leaving 'out of the cape' or an ex cappa.
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21. escape
    Type: Term Pronunciation: es-kāp′ Definitions: 1. Term used to describe the situation when a pacemaker defaults or AV conduction fails and another, usually lower pacemaker, assumes the function of pacemaking for one or more beats.
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22. escape
    (language) An early system on the IBM 650. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1995-01-05)
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23. ESCAPE
    escape
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24. escape
    a function control which alters the meaning of a limited number of contiguously following code combinations to provide additional function controls
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25. Escape
    To flee or depart from custody, knowingly and willfully, with intent to avoid further confinement.
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/e032.htm