'Elude' definitions:
Definition of 'elude'
From: WordNet
verb
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk]
verb
Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: elude, escape]
verb
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
Definition of 'Elude'
From: GCIDE
- Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. ['e]luder. See Ludicrous.] To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. [1913 Webster]
- Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. --Tylor.
- Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avoid,
- baffle,
- balk,
- beg,
- bewilder,
- bilk,
- blast,
- brave,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- confound,
- confront,
- confuse,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- dash,
- deceive,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- ditch,
- dodge,
- double,
- duck,
- escape,
- eschew,
- evade,
- flee,
- flummox,
- fly,
- foil,
- frustrate,
- get around,
- get away from,
- get out of,
- get round,
- give the runaround,
- give the slip,
- go one better,
- knock the chocks,
- nonplus,
- outfigure,
- outflank,
- outgeneral,
- outguess,
- outmaneuver,
- outplay,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- pass the buck,
- perplex,
- puzzle,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- shake,
- shake off,
- shuffle out of,
- shun,
- shy,
- skirt,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stump,
- thwart,
- upset,
- victimize