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scape.

A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈskeɪp/
  1. A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.

  2. The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).

  3. The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.

  4. The shaft of a column.

  5. The apophyge of a shaft.

Where this word comes from

From Latin scāpus, from Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos). Doublet of native English shaft.

verb/ˈskeɪp/
  1. To escape (someone or something).

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper.

noun/ˈskeɪp/
  1. Escape.

    archaic
  2. A means of escape; evasion.

    obsolete
  3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.

    obsolete
  4. A loose act of vice or lewdness.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper.

noun/ˈskeɪp/
  1. The cry of the snipe when flushed.

  2. The snipe itself.

Where this word comes from

Probably imitative.

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