escape
3
8.9
- noun
- /ɪˈskeɪp/
- Specialized
:
planta asilvestrada
- Many native plants can be found in the wild, illustrating how domesticated varieties can escape their gardens.
Examples
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Still, alterations can be made to open net pens to reduce the number of fish escapes.
Academic text (1999) -
The combination of widespread distribution of giant reed propagules and inherent weedy characters greatly increases the likelihood of escape and subsequent environmental damage.
Academic text (2008) -
Many invasive species have horticultural or agronomic origins with long periods of cultivation that precede their escape, naturalization, spread, and subsequent environmental impacts (Mack 2000).
Academic text (2008) -
The escape of certain cultivated flowers into the natural landscape can disrupt local ecosystems.
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Wildflowers are often the result of plants that have escaped from cultivated settings and thrived in their new environments.
Antonyms
Compounds
51
2.7
A staircase or metal ladder on the outside of a building used to get out during a fire
4
4.1
A small door in a vehicle or building that lets people get out quickly in an emergency
- Specialized
1
7.7
The speed needed to leave a planet's or star's gravity without more push
- Formal
1
5.5
A part of a contract that lets one or both people cancel it in certain situations
- Jargon
1
6.5
The point when a company grows enough to support itself without extra funding
A performer who frees themselves from locks, chains, or traps in front of an audience
- Neologism
A person who designs and runs live puzzle rooms where players solve clues to find the exit
- Specialized
A device that opens by itself to let out extra pressure and prevent explosions
- Specialized
A wheel with teeth in a mechanical clock or watch that controls how the gears move
How Wild
- Specialized
7
4.4
- Specialized
3
8.9
- US
1
5.1
1
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun escape for a plant that grows wild comes from the idea of 'getting out' (from ex- 'out' and cappa 'cloak'), like a plant that has 'got out' of a garden. So an escape in nature is a cultivated plant that has 'escaped' into the wild.