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 |
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 |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
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 |
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 |
character | (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes |
unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
character fiber fibre | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions, education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer |
sex characteristic sexual characteristic sex character | those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
primary sex characteristic primary sexual characteristic primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
secondary sex characteristic secondary sexual characteristic secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
quality character lineament | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something, each town has a quality all its own, the radical character of our demands |
character role theatrical role part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
ASCII character set | (computer science) characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme, the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set |
character set | an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing |
character reference character reference | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability, requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
character assassination assassination blackwash | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
character grapheme graphic symbol | a written symbol that is used to represent speech, the Greek alphabet has characters |
check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission |
ASCII character | any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers |
control character ASCII control character | ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace, typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time |
backspace character | a control character that indicates moving a space to the left |
letter letter of the alphabet alphabetic character | the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech, his grandmother taught him his letters |
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 |
fictional character fictitious character character | an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story), she is the main character in the novel |
character eccentric type case | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities), a real character, a strange character, a friendly eccentric, the capable type, a mental case |
character actor | an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles |
character witness | a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives |
escapologist escape expert | an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping |
escape | a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild |
character | good repute, he is a man of character |
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 |
character | engrave or inscribe characters on |
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 |