flee
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- ("to fly, flow, run").
Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽. Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.
Pronunciation- IPA: /fliː/
flee (flees, present participle fleeing; simple past and past participle fled)
- (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
- The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
- (transitive) To escape from.
- (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
- Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.
- French: s'enfuir, prendre la fuite
- German: fliehen, flüchten
- Italian: fuggire
- Portuguese: escapar, fugir
- Russian: убега́ть
- Spanish: huir
- French: fuir, échapper
- German: fliehen, entfliehen, flüchten
- Portuguese: escapar de, fugir de
- Russian: убега́ть
- Spanish: huir
- Portuguese: sumir
- Russian: улету́чиваться
- Spanish: desvanecerse
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