flee : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flee	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flee v run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flee \Flee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle[a2]n (imperf. fle[a0]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl[?]ja (imperf. fl[?][?]i), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. pliuhan. ([?]) 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. [He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. --Shak. Flee fornication. --1 Cor. vi. 18. So fled his enemies my warlike father. --Shak. Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. [bd]Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?[b8] --Shak. See {Fly}, v. i., 5.