LekhoriLekhoriTo get free; to free oneself.
The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.
To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
Something that has escaped; an escapee.
From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's cl...
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But what about the flocks of Waxbills? Are they escapes gone feral, or are they spreading from Africa?