Definitions for flee
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flee, fly, take flightverb

   run away quickly

   "He threw down his gun and fled"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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.]

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. FLEE

   What does FLEE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FLEE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

Anagrams for flee »

1. feel

2. fele

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flee in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of flee in a Sentence

1. Brad Sherman:

   Let's face it, this mission was fraught with peril, because there's no way to flee without causing a stampede, and there's no way to have a stampede that's orderly and meritorious.

2. David Haworth:

   If they (the militants) want to try and reinforce, whether it's Mosul or some other location, we want to make sure we're ready, if they want to flee, we'll want to make sure that we have that contingency covered as well.

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. Eric Bland:

   If you flee a traffic stop, it's a death sentence. We think it's wrong, and we think the solicitor got it wrong, zachary, no question, tried to leave. But it's clear he didn't turn to run over Lt. Tiller, but Tiller put himself in a position of danger.

5. Matt Zeller:

   There's people who die because they were forced by those organizations to flee before they could get their hands on them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=flee
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flee
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=flee
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flee
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=flee
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=flee