[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/escape/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) / escape # escape verb (escape, escapes, escaped, escaping); noun (an escape, escapes) «escape» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To escape means to get away from a place where you are kept, or from danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#m1) 2. To escape something means to avoid it: escape the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#m2) 3. Gas, water or air escapes when it leaks out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#m3) 4. An escape is the act of getting away, or a way out: a fire escape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#m4) 5. On a computer keyboard, Escape (Esc) is a key that cancels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#m5) ### In the 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 - We practised our fire escape plan at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x1) - The hamster escaped from its cage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x2) - The prisoners tried to escape over the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x3) - We had a narrow escape when the branch fell just behind us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x4) - Gas can escape from a leaking pipe; if you smell it, tell an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x5) - We went to the beach to escape the heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x6) - Use the fire escape if the stairs are full of smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x7) - Press Escape to close the window on the screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x8) - This time there was no escape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/#x9) ### 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 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. ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x3) - Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.' (Prophets ZEC.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x4) - Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape. (Writings PSA.141.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x5) - And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. (Prophets JDG.3.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «escape» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escape/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«escape» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/escape.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «escape» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«escape» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/escape.html) on Mova free.