scape

Plural: scapes

Noun

• erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
• (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
• A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
• The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
• The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
• The shaft of a column.
• The apophyge of a shaft.
• Escape.
• A means of escape; evasion.
• A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
• A loose act of vice or lewdness.
• The cry of the snipe when flushed.
• The snipe itself.

Verb

Verb Forms: scaped, scaping, scapes

• To escape or avoid something, often narrowly.
• To escape (someone or something).

Examples

• He managed to SCAPE by with a minimal play, saving his good tiles for later.

Synonyms

flower stalk, shaft

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