escape flight | the act of escaping physically, he made his escape from the mental hospital, the canary escaped from its cage, his flight was an indication of his guilt |
Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
escape | a means or way of escaping, hard work was his escape from worry, they installed a second hatch as an escape, their escape route |
escape | an avoidance of danger or difficulty, that was a narrow escape |
escape escapism | an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy, romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life, his alcohol problem was a form of escapism |
evasion escape dodging | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do, his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible, that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive |
escape mechanism | a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities |
cable railway funicular funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar railway car railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
elevated railway elevated railroad elevated el overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
escape hatch | hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency |
escape wheel | gear that engages a rocking lever |
fire escape emergency exit | a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency |
funnel | (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) |
funnel | a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end, used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth |
funnel web | a funnel-shaped spider web, the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web |
line railway line rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway railroad railroad line railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
safety valve relief valve escape valve escape cock escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
escape leak leakage outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container, they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe, he had to clean up the leak |
escapologist escape expert | an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
escape | a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild |
funnel funnel shape | a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends |
escape velocity | the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field |
escape | issue or leak, as from a small opening, Gas escaped into the bedroom |
miss escape | fail to experience, Fortunately, I missed the hurricane |
get off get away get by get out escape | escape potentially unpleasant consequences, get away with a forbidden action, She gets away with murder!, I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities |
funnel | move or pour through a funnel, funnel the liquid into the small bottle |
shake shake off throw off escape from | get rid of, I couldn't shake the car that was following me |
escape get away break loose | run away from confinement, The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison |
d scat run scarper turn tail lam run away hightail it bunk head for the hills take to the woods escape fly the coop break away | flee, take to one's heels, cut and run, If you see this man, run!, The burglars escaped before the police showed up |
escape get away | remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion, We escaped to our summer house for a few days, The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer |
elude escape | be incomprehensible to, escape understanding by, What you are seeing in him eludes me |
funnel-shaped | shaped in the form of a funnel |