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Definition of Elude
1. Verb. Escape, either physically or mentally. "The event evades explanation"
Exact synonyms: Bilk, Evade
Generic synonyms: Break Loose, Escape, Get Away
Derivative terms: Eluding, Elusion, Elusive, Evasion
Generic synonyms: Break Loose, Escape, Get Away
Derivative terms: Eluding, Elusion, Elusive, Evasion
2. Verb. Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by. "The performance is likely to elude Sue"; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
Exact synonyms: Escape
Generic synonyms: Amaze, Baffle, Beat, Bewilder, Dumbfound, Flummox, Get, Gravel, Mystify, Nonplus, Perplex, Pose, Puzzle, Stick, Stupefy, Vex
Specialized synonyms: Defy, Refuse, Resist
Derivative terms: Elusive, Elusive
Generic synonyms: Amaze, Baffle, Beat, Bewilder, Dumbfound, Flummox, Get, Gravel, Mystify, Nonplus, Perplex, Pose, Puzzle, Stick, Stupefy, Vex
Specialized synonyms: Defy, Refuse, Resist
Derivative terms: Elusive, Elusive
3. Verb. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). "He evaded the questions skillfully"
Exact synonyms: Circumvent, Dodge, Duck, Evade, Fudge, Hedge, Parry, Put Off, Sidestep, Skirt
Specialized synonyms: Beg, Quibble
Generic synonyms: Avoid
Derivative terms: Circumvention, Dodge, Dodger, Dodging, Dodging, Evasion, Hedge, Hedger, Hedging
Specialized synonyms: Beg, Quibble
Generic synonyms: Avoid
Derivative terms: Circumvention, Dodge, Dodger, Dodging, Dodging, Evasion, Hedge, Hedger, Hedging
Definition of Elude
1. v. t. To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
Definition of Elude
1. Verb. (transitive) To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elude
1. to evade [v ELUDED, ELUDING, ELUDES] - See also: evade
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