escapes (verb)
1aspirate — verb (aspirated, aspirating) –verb (t) /ˈæspəreɪt/ (say aspuhrayt) 1. Phonetics a. to release (a stop) in such a way that the breath escapes with audible friction, as in title where the first t is aspirated, the second is not. b. to begin (a word …
2take something to the grave — verb To never reveal a secret to ones death. Houdini took his secrets to the grave, as he died shortly after performing one of his most famous escapes …
3hear the grass grow — verb a) To have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing. Heimdall is the watchman of the gods. . . . So acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass grow and the wool on a sheeps back. b) To hear very well due to… …
4hit — verb (hits, hitting, hit) 1》 direct a blow at with one s hand or a tool or weapon. ↘accidentally strike (part of one s body) against something. ↘(of a moving object or body) come into contact with (someone or something stationary) quickly …
5blow out phrasal — verb 1 (I, T) if you blow a flame or a fire out, or if it blows out, it stops burning: blow sth out: Blow out all the candles. | The match blew out before I could light the candles. 2 (I) if a tyre blows out, it bursts 3 (T) blow itself out if a… …
6escape — [[t]ɪske͟ɪp[/t]] ♦♦ escapes, escaping, escaped 1) VERB: no passive If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it. [V from n] A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England... [V to n] They are reported to have escaped to …
7escape — I. verb (escaped; escaping) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French escaper, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from Latin ex + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. to get away (as by flight)… …
8escape — 1 /I skeIp/ verb 1 PERSON/PLACE (I, T) to get away from a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you leaving: Anyone trying to escape will be shot! (+ from/through/over etc): Two men have escaped from Durham jail. | escape sb s… …
9escape — I UK [ɪˈskeɪp] / US verb Word forms escape : present tense I/you/we/they escape he/she/it escapes present participle escaping past tense escaped past participle escaped *** 1) [intransitive] to get away from a place where you are in danger Three… …
10agreement — 1. Grammatical agreement (also called concord) is the correct relation to each other of different parts of a sentence, so that (for example) the form of the verb corresponds to its subject (The house was small, and its walls were painted white),… …
