Meaning of escaped in english escaped adjective [ before noun ] uk / ɪˈskeɪpt / us She was kidnapped but escaped her captors. Escaped adjective fleeing or having fled, as from home, confinement, captivity, or justice:
Escape from Women’s Prison (1978)
[transitive, no passive] escape somebody/something to be forgotten or not noticed her name escapes me (= i can't remember it)
It might have escaped your notice, but i'm very busy at the moment.
Definitions of escaped adjective having escaped, especially from confinement “searching for two escaped prisoners” synonyms At large, loose, on the loose free able to act at will Not under compulsion or restraint 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.
Unconfined, loose, unbound, unleashed, unrestrained, untied, undone, unfettered
Confined, bound, caught, restrained, imprisoned, unfree, enclosed, caged Escape from a lion has escaped from its cage
