flee

«flee» in Mova's school dictionary: to run away from danger or from a place, quickly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (flee, flees, fled, fleeing)

meaning for a pupil

To flee is to run away from danger or from a place, quickly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and history lessons people and animals flee from fire, floods, war or enemies; refugees flee their homes to be safe. In science, animals flee from predators. Phrases: «flee from», «flee the country», «fled in terror».

examples

• The deer fled when it heard the dog. tree →
• People fled from the burning town. tree →
• The thief fled before the police arrived. tree →
• Many families fled the war to stay safe. tree →
• The mice fled into their holes. tree →
• We had to flee the beach when the storm came. tree →
• The rabbit fled at the sight of the fox. tree →
• Tonight, when the robbers are all asleep, we will flee together. tree →

note

Irregular: flee, fled, fled. Homophone trap: «flea» is a tiny insect. «Flee» is stronger and more formal than «run away». Refugees are people who had to flee their country.

In the corpora

• They flee through the windows, up the chimney, anywhere away from those sticks.
• Millions of Ukrainians had to flee their homes.
• Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
• And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.
• And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «flee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.