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

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

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elude

elucidating
elucidation
elucidations
elucidative
elucidator
elucidatorily
elucidators
elucidatory
eluctation
elucubrate
elucubrated
elucubrates
elucubrating
elucubration
elucubrations
elude (current term)
eluded
eluder
eluders
eludes
eludible
eluding
eluent
eluents
elumbated
eluotropic
elurophobia
elurophobias
elusion
elusions

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