To get away (as by flight) escaped from prison b She was kidnapped but escaped her captors. Meaning of escaped in english escaped adjective [ before noun ] uk / ɪˈskeɪpt / us
[transitive, no passive] escape somebody/something to be forgotten or not noticed her name escapes me (= i can't remember it) Escape from a lion has escaped from its cage It might have escaped your notice, but i'm very busy at the moment.
Adjective having escaped, especially from confinement “searching for two escaped prisoners” synonyms At large, loose, on the loose free If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern england.
To avoid (capture, punishment, injury, or the like) [~ + object] the town escaped the worst of the storm [no object] managed to escape with only cuts and bruises. Verb (used with object) escaped, escaping to slip away from or elude (pursuers, captors, etc.)
Unconfined, loose, unbound, unleashed, unrestrained, untied, undone, unfettered Confined, bound, caught, restrained, imprisoned, unfree, enclosed, caged
