escapes

n the act of escaping physically n an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy n nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do n an avoidance of danger or difficulty n a means or way of escaping n a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild n the discharge of a fluid from some container n 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 v run away from confinement v fail to experience v escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action v be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by v remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion v flee; take to one's heels; cut and run v issue or leak, as from a small opening