Definition of ESCAPED

escaped

Verb

  • run away from confinement
    • "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
  • fail to experience
  • escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
  • be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
  • remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
    • "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"
  • flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    • "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
  • issue or leak, as from a small opening
    • "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
  • simple past and past participle of escape

Adjective Satellite

  • having escaped, especially from confinement
    • "searching for two escaped prisoners"

Adj

  • Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.

Examples

  • People are being warned not to approach the escaped prisoner.

Synonyms

at large, break away, break loose, bunk, elude, escape, fly the coop, get away, get by, get off, get out, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, loose, miss, on the loose, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

Scrabble Score: 12

escaped: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
escaped: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
escaped: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

escaped: valid Words With Friends Word