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elude
Overview of verb elude
The verb elude has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) elude, evade, bilk -- (escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation")
2. (1) elude, escape -- (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me")
3. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (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")
Grep of noun elude
chorale prelude
prelude
Antonyms of verb elude
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb elude
3 senses of elude
Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk
=> escape, get away, break loose
=> flee, fly, take flight
=> scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
=> leave, go forth, go away
Sense 2
elude, escape
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb elude
2 of 3 senses of elude
Sense 2
elude, escape
=> defy, resist, refuse
Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> quibble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb elude
3 senses of elude
Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk
=> escape, get away, break loose
Sense 2
elude, escape
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
'Cause To' of verb elude
Derived Forms of verb elude
2 of 3 senses of elude
Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk
RELATED TO>(adj) elusive#2
=> elusive, evasive
RELATED TO>(noun) elusion#1
=> slip, elusion, eluding
RELATED TO>(noun) eluding#1
=> slip, elusion, eluding
Sense 2
elude, escape
RELATED TO>(adj) elusive#1
=> elusive
RELATED TO>(adj) elusive#3
=> elusive, subtle
Domain of verb elude
Domain Terms of verb elude
Familiarity of verb elude
elude used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb elude
3 senses of elude
Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
elude, escape
EX: The performance is likely to elude Sue
Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb elude
3 senses of elude
Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk
> escape, get away, break loose
=> break, break out, break away
=> shake, shake off, throw off, escape from
=> elude, evade, bilk
=> slip
=> run away
=> escape, get away
Sense 2
elude, escape
> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> stump, mix up
=> riddle
=> elude, escape
Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
> avoid
=> hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> miss, escape
=> get off, get away, get by, get out, escape
=> bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
=> keep off, stay off
=> shirk
=> shy away from
=> shun, eschew
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb elude
Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk
=> escape, get away, break loose
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Sense 2
elude, escape
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
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Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
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Grep of verb elude
delude
elude
prelude
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