scape

¹scape

verb \ˈskāp\

scapedscap·ing

Definition of SCAPE

: escape <some innocents scape not the thunderbolt — Shakespeare>

Examples of SCAPE

1. <the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high>

Origin of SCAPE

Middle English, short for escapen

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to SCAPE

Synonyms

avoid, dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, escape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)

Related Words

miss; avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off); ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out; bypass, circumvent, skirt; foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart

Near Antonyms

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome; catch, contract, incur

Rhymes with SCAPE

ape, cape, chape, crape, crepe, drape, gape, grape, jape, nape, rape, scrape, shape, tape

²scape

noun

Definition of SCAPE

1

: a peduncle arising at or beneath the surface of the ground in an acaulescent plant (as the tulip); broadly : a flower stalk

2

: the shaft of an animal part (as an antenna or feather)

Origin of SCAPE

Latin scapus shaft, stalk — more at shaft

First Known Use: 1601

Other Botany Terms

annual, burgeon, chloroplast, nomenclature, succulent, sylvan, xylem

³scape

noun

Definition of SCAPE

: a view or picture of a scene —usually used in combination <cityscape>

Origin of SCAPE

landscape

First Known Use: 1773

Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato