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

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Rhymes with SCAPE

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