Thesaurus: scape

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1. n. A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
2. n. The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.
3. n. The shaft of a column.
4. n. The apophyge of a shaft.
5. v. t. & i. To escape.
6. n. An escape.
7. n. Means of escape; evasion.
8. n. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
9. n. Loose act of vice or lewdness.
10. n. erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
11. n. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
12. 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. 2. (Zoöl.) The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect. 3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft. To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. Chaucer. 1. An escape. [Obs.] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. Shak. 2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] Donne. 3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. Milton. 4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] Shak.