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scape

1

[ skeyp ]

noun

  1. Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
  2. Zoology. a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.
  3. Architecture. the shaft of a column.
  4. Entomology. the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.


scape

2
or 'scape

[ skeyp ]

noun

Archaic.
scaped, scaping.
  1. an archaic variant of escape.

-scape

3
  1. a combining form extracted from landscape, denoting “an extensive view, scenery,†or “a picture or representation†of such a view, as specified by the initial element:

    cityscape; moonscape; seascape.

-scape

1

suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation

    seascape

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scape

2

/ ²õ°ì±ðɪ±è /

noun

  1. a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
  2. zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scape

3

/ ²õ°ì±ðɪ±è /

verb

  1. an archaic word for escape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¦²¹±è´Ç²õ±ð, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scape1

1595–1605; < Latin ²õ³¦Äå±è³Ü²õ stalk < Doric Greek ²õ°ìâ±è´Ç²õ, akin to Attic ²õ°ìê±è³Ù°ù´Ç²Ô staff, scepter
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scape1

abstracted from landscape

Origin of scape2

C17: from Latin ²õ³¦Äå±è³Ü²õ stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft
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“We should be careful not to scape goat minorities because of shifts in their voting patterns when a clear majority of people of color voted Democrat.â€

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“As Outfest was imploding, members of the Outfest Board threw Plaintiff under the bus and sought to make him a scape goat for their own malfeasance.â€

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Some are well-known to foragers and farmers market shoppers — nettles, morels, garlic scapes.

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The fragrant flower scape — which resembles a big, flattened pink pine cone — lasts for as long as six months.

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Lightly brush the stone fruits, corn and garlic scapes with oil, and grill on both sides until dark grill marks appear.

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