evade

English

/ɪˈveɪd/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
  • (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
  • (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (go, pass, cross, walk, wade).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weh₂dʰ-

Gloss

go, pass, cross, walk, wade

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

歩

Emoji

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