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flee

/fliː/
Meanings
  • Verb

    To move away or escape from something, often due to fear, danger, or a desire for safety.

    - "The hare flees when it sees the hound."
    - "When the fire alarm went off, everyone in the building fled in a panic."
    - "The prisoners tried to flee from the prison camp."
  • Verb

    To abandon or leave behind something, often in a hasty manner.

    - "After losing the election, the candidate decided to flee the country."
    - "When the relationship turned sour, she chose to flee her husband."
    - "The company fled its obligations to pay back its investors."
Pronunciation
  1. /fliː/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with flee
tree , key , seaside , spree
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. fleece (English) : A thick, soft woolen fabric.

  2. flee (English) : To move away or escape from something.

Variants
List of all variants of flee that leads to same result
fled , flee , fleeing , flees , flee the nest , leave the nest , leave/flee the nest
Forms
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flee (base form), fled (past tense), fleeing (present participle), fledder (archaic past participle)

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English flēogan, from fleogan 'to fly'. Related to fly.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'flee' is related to the word 'fly'.

  2. The term 'flee market' is derived from the Dutch word 'vlooienmarkt', which means 'cloth market'.

  3. The hare is a common symbol for 'flee' in literature and art.

Related Concepts
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  1. flight: The act of fleeing or escaping from danger.

  2. flee market: A market where a large number of merchants sell used or second-hand goods.

Culture
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In literature, 'flee' has been used to depict characters escaping from danger, such as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and in Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick'. In art, there are numerous depictions of animals fleeing from hunters or other threats.

How to Memorize "flee"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a hare running as fast as it can from a hunter.
    - Visualize yourself quickly leaving a dangerous situation.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'flee' with the image of a hare running from a hunter.
    - Link 'flee' with the idea of safety and escape.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'flee' as 'Fast Little Escape Artist'.
    - Use the acronym FLEE: Fear, Leave, Escape.

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