flee

present (v1)

flee

past (v2)

fled

past participle (v3)

fled

present participle

fleeing

3rd person singular

flees

1. 1.To run away; to escape.

   • The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
   • The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
   • As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.

2. 2.To escape from.

   • Many people fled the country as war loomed.
   • Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
   • The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.

3. 3.To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

   • Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.

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