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. Horace:

   To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.

3. Two Syrian women:

   Everyone's left, foreign ISIS fighters have set up checkpoints, taken the ID cards of Syrians and use them to flee to Turkey.

4. Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain:

   The Lord listens to the pryers of those who ask to be able to forget hatred, but is deaf to those who want to flee love.

5. Ruben Garcia:

   Things in Central America are terrible, people are going to continue to flee because it's just really hard for people to survive right now.

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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