What does Flée mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flee, fly, take flightverb

    run away quickly

    "He threw down his gun and fled"

Wiktionary

  1. fleeverb

    To run away; to escape.

    The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.

  2. fleeverb

    To escape from.

  3. fleeverb

    To disappear quickly; to vanish.

    Etherical products flee once freely exposed to air

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Fleeverb

    pret. fled. To run from danger; to have recourse to shelter.

    Behold, this city is near to flee unto. Gen. xix. 20.

    Were men so dull they could not see
    That Lyce painted; should they flee
    Like simple birds into a net,
    So grosly woven and ill set? Edmund Waller.

    There are none of us fall into those circumstances of danger, want, or pain, that we can have hopes of relief but from God alone; none in all the world to flee to, but him. John Tillotson, Sermon 1.

ChatGPT

  1. flee

    Flee means to escape or run away from a place or situation, typically due to danger, threat, or fear. It involves leaving rapidly and hastily, often to avoid negative consequences. It can also refer to abandoning or deserting someone or something, especially during difficult circumstances.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fleeverb

    to run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive

  2. Etymology: [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. flen (imperf. fleh); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. flja (imperf. fli), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. liuhan. 84. Cf. Flight.]

Wikidata

  1. Flee

    Flee is an album by British blues rock musician Jeremy Spencer credited as "The Jeremy Spencer Band", with particularly strong input from Michael Fogarty. Spencer had been a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967–71, and this 1979 release was Spencer's third album apart from Fleetwood Mac, and his second recorded while a member of the Children of God.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Flee

    flē, v.i. to run away, as from danger: to disappear.—v.t. to keep at a distance from:—pr.p. flee′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. fled.—n. Flē′er. [A.S. fléon, akin to fléogan, to fly; Ger. fliehen, akin to fliegen, to fly.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Flée' in Verbs Frequency: #694

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Flée in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Flée in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Flée in a Sentence

  1. Julien Harneis:

    They are being killed, maimed and forced to flee their homes, their health threatened and their education interrupted.

  2. Daniel Koehler:

    They have massive problems paying the doctors and keeping the facilities running with power, equipment and medical supplies, iSIS has even tolerated things like men and women working together in hospitals simply because they need the staff to continue and didn’t want them to flee. The situation is miserable.

  3. Deputy District Attorney Michele Hanisee:

    This case is 40 years old because the defendant fled, not only did he flee, he has fought all of the People's efforts to get him back to this jurisdiction.

  4. Magistrate Clarke Van Dervort:

    substantial motive and means to flee.

  5. Ric Grenell:

    This is the type of investment and work that has been missing in California for decades—and it’s why so many conservative voters flee the state, i decided I am not moving—I am going to lead the fight to restore the values and policies that made California the place everyone wanted to live.

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