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escape is a noun and verb meaning "the act of escaping physically". It carries 15 recorded senses.
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”
a means or way of escaping
“hard work was his escape from worry”
“they installed a second hatch as an escape”
“their escape route”
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
run away from confinement
“The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison”
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”
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
“If you see this man, run!”
“The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for escape come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.