'Flee' definitions:
Definition of 'flee'
(from WordNet)
verb
Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight]
Definition of 'Flee'
From: GCIDE
- Flee \Flee\ (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled (fl[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle['o]n (imperf. fle['a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. [thorn]liuhan. [root]84. Cf. Flight.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- [He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Flee fornication. --1 Cor. vi. 18. [1913 Webster]
- So fled his enemies my warlike father. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?" --Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flee'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscond,
- absquatulate,
- avoid,
- bail out,
- be annihilated,
- be consumed,
- be destroyed,
- be gone,
- be no more,
- be wiped out,
- beat a retreat,
- beat it,
- blow,
- bolt,
- break,
- break away,
- break jail,
- break loose,
- bunk,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- clear out,
- cut and run,
- cut loose,
- cut out,
- decamp,
- dematerialize,
- depart,
- desert,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- disappear,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- do a fade-out,
- dwindle,
- elope,
- elude,
- erode,
- escape,
- escape prison,
- eschew,
- evade,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- expire,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fly,
- fly the coop,
- fugitate,
- get away,
- get clear of,
- get free,
- get out,
- get out of,
- go,
- go away,
- go AWOL,
- hide,
- hightail,
- jump,
- jump bail,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- levant,
- make a getaway,
- make an exit,
- make off,
- make tracks,
- melt,
- melt away,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- perish,
- peter out,
- quit,
- retire from sight,
- run,
- run along,
- run away,
- run away from,
- run away with,
- run for it,
- run off,
- scamper,
- scape,
- scoot,
- scram,
- screw,
- show the heels,
- shun,
- sink,
- sink away,
- skedaddle,
- skip,
- skip out,
- slip the cable,
- slip the collar,
- split,
- suffer an eclipse,
- take flight,
- take French leave,
- take off,
- take to flight,
- take wing,
- turn tail,
- vamoose,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away