Entry Word: flee

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cease to be visible <the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn> — see disappear
2 to get free from a dangerous or confining situation <a murderer who fled on foot> — see escape 1
3 to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening <a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room> — see run 2