escape
part of speech
verb (escape, escapes, escaped, escaping); noun (an escape, escapes)
meaning for a pupil
1) To escape means to get away from a place where you are kept, or from danger. tree →
2) To escape something means to avoid it: escape the rain. tree →
3) Gas, water or air escapes when it leaks out. tree →
4) An escape is the act of getting away, or a way out: a fire escape. tree →
5) On a computer keyboard, Escape (Esc) is a key that cancels. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah escape often means fleeing danger, and a slave who escapes to Israel must not be handed back. In the Prophets and Psalms it means getting away from enemies, from a trap or from Babylon. Interpretation: Tradition reads the law of the escaped slave as protecting a refugee, and Lot's escape to Zoar is taken as a sign of God's mercy. The prophets call the exiles to escape from Babylon, and the psalmist asks that the wicked fall into their own nets, a picture of enemies caught by their own traps. In the primary lessons: In fire safety lessons families plan an escape route: know two ways out, crawl low under smoke, get out, stay out and call for help; a fire escape is a special staircase or exit. In stories an escape is an exciting moment (escape from the castle). In science gases escape from containers if they are not sealed. Phrases: escape route, fire escape, a narrow escape, escape from, escape the heat, no escape.
examples
- Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee; (Torah DEU.23.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.' (Torah GEN.32.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.' — Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. — (Torah GEN.19.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.' (Prophets ZEC.2.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape. (Writings PSA.141.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. (Prophets JDG.3.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- We practised our fire escape plan at home. tree →
- The hamster escaped from its cage. tree →
- The prisoners tried to escape over the wall. tree →
- We had a narrow escape when the branch fell just behind us. tree →
- Gas can escape from a leaking pipe; if you smell it, tell an adult. tree →
- We went to the beach to escape the heat. tree →
- Use the fire escape if the stairs are full of smoke. tree →
- Press Escape to close the window on the screen. tree →
- This time there was no escape. tree →
note
Regular verb: escaped (drop the «e» for escaping). «Escape from a place», «escape (from) danger». Not «excape». In a fire, escaping comes first: never go back inside for toys or pets.
In the corpora
- Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee;
- And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
- So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.
- Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him.
- And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «escape» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.