What does FLEE mean?
Definitions for FLEE
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Princeton's WordNet
flee, fly, take flightverb
run away quickly
"He threw down his gun and fled"
Wiktionary
fleeverb
To run away; to escape.
The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
fleeverb
To escape from.
fleeverb
To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Etherical products flee once freely exposed to air
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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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
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
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
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
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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Rank popularity for the word 'FLEE' in Verbs Frequency: #694
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FLEE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FLEE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of FLEE in a Sentence
I want the guilt hatred hostility shame violence perfectionism biases humanity to flee, jump off the Terminal Island bridge. How many times have I laid next to you in bed with my arms around you wanting to blow my brains out? My grave marks my preference, my erasure, my wholeness.
I did not flee from India and neither am I an absconder.
The opposition is trying to make out that she wants to flee abroad in order to discredit her, this is simply not true.
You are like Jesus on Christmas night. There was no room for him either, and he had to flee to Egypt later to save himself.
He believes he will be found not guilty, he has no reason to flee. He has no passport. He has nowhere to go.
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- هرب, فرArabic
- избягвам, бягам, изчезвам бързоBulgarian
- tec'hel, redek, tec'hout, fuiñBreton
- fugirCatalan, Valencian
- utéctCzech
- бѣжатиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- ffoiWelsh
- fly, flygteDanish
- entfliehen, flüchten, fliehenGerman
- φεύγωGreek
- huir, desvanecerseSpanish
- گریختنPersian
- karata, paetaFinnish
- flýggjaFaroese
- s'enfuir, échapper, fuirFrench
- fuxirGalician
- भागनाHindi
- փախչելArmenian
- flýjaIcelandic
- fuggireItalian
- 逃げるJapanese
- ಪಲಾಯನKannada
- 서두르다Korean
- remayen, bazdan, revîn, bezînKurdish
- profugio, fugiō, confugio, aufugio, diffugio, evanesco, perfugio, evado, refugioLatin
- kairereMāori
- и́збегне, по́бегне, на́пуштиMacedonian
- rømme, flykteNorwegian
- ontkomen, ontsnappen, ontlopen, vervliegen, vluchten, vlieden, ontvluchten, wegvluchtenDutch
- flykte, rømmeNorwegian Nynorsk
- flykteNorwegian
- zbiec, uciec, ulatniać się, umykać, ulotnić się, umknąć, uciekaćPolish
- escapar, sumir, [[escapar]] [[de]], fugir, [[fugir]] [[de]]Portuguese
- mitikuy, ayqey, chinkakapuyQuechua
- a se evapora, dispărea, evada, scăpa, fugiRomanian
- удира́ть, удра́ть, убега́ть, убежа́тьRussian
- flySwedish
- పారిపోవుTelugu
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