Antonyms for escaping


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-skeyp
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈskeɪp


Definition of escaping

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old North French escaper, Old French eschaper (12c., Modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappare, literally "get out of one's cape, leave a pursuer with just one's cape," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + Late Latin cappa "mantle" (see cap (n.)). Related: Escaped; escaping.
  • verb break away from
Example sentences :
  • Immediately after escaping from this peril, a still greater one had befallen him.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The utmost we can do is, to warn you in time, and to give you an opportunity of escaping them.
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • The keeper, and his officers, and their wives and children, were escaping.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Hast thou heard the saying of Gwgan, After escaping from the turmoil?
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • She had imagined him escaping from her, but he had remained with her, and loved her.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • George was then too near the savage, to think of escaping by flight.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • After the capitulation he was made prisoner, and in escaping was wounded.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • This was caused by the escaping gas going through the valve.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 » by Various
  • Somebody had sworn he had seen him escaping through a window.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • A sunbeam, escaping from beneath a cloud, gilded the fine drops of water.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for escaping

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