Etymology: (1530–40; < L ēlūdere to deceive, evade =ē-e - +lūdere to play)
Definition of 'elude'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)elude, evade, bilk escape, either physically or mentally "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
2. (verb)elude, escape be incomprehensible to; escapeunderstanding by "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
3. (verb)hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
Definition of 'elude'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)elude to avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow
Definitions of elude 
Afrikaans: ontwyk
Arabic: يَتَمَلَّص من
Bulgarian: избягвам
Brazilian: esquivar-se
Czech: uniknout
German: entwischen
Danish: undslippe; slippe fra
Greek: ξεφεύγω, ξεγλιστρώ
Spanish: eludir, escapar
Estonian: käest ära lipsama
Farsi: گریختن؛ جیم شدن
Finnish: väistää
French: échapper à
Hebrew: לְהִתחָמֶק
Hindi: हाथ नहीं आना, धोखा देकर न
Croatian: izbjeći
Hungarian: megmenekül
Indonesian: menghindari
Icelandic: sleppa undan
Italian: eludere
Japanese: 避ける
Korean: 잘 피하다
Lithuanian: pasprukti nuo
Latvian: izvairīties
Malay: melepaskan diri
Dutch: ontsnappen aan
Norwegian: slippe/vri seg unna, unnd
Polish: wymknąć się
Persian: گریختن؛ جیم شدن
Pashto: څنګ كولو ډډه كول، ځان بچو
Portuguese: esquivar-se
Romanian: a scăpa (de)
Russian: ускользать
Slovak: uniknúť
Slovenian: izmakniti se
Serbian: uteći
Swedish: undkomma, undfly
Thai: หลบหลีก
Turkish: kurtulmak, atlatmak
Taiwanese: 逃避
Ukrainian: уникати
Urdu: بچ نکلنا
Vietnamese: lảng tránh
Chinese: 逃避
