elude
Verb
Verb Forms: eluded, eluding, eludes
- To escape from or avoid, often by cunning or skill.
- escape, either physically or mentally
- "The thief eluded the police"
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
- "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
- To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
- To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
- To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.
Examples
- I get algebra, but calculus eludes me.
- The perfect seven-letter word seemed to ELUDE him, despite his best efforts to find it.
- The solution of that brainteaser eludes me and the name of the author eludes my memory too.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).
Synonyms
bilk, circumvent, dodge, duck, escape, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt
Scrabble Score: 6
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elude: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary