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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip;
[syn: scape, flower stalk]

2. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column;
[syn: shaft, scape]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scape \Scape\, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. ? a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. Scepter.] 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scape \Scape\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.] [Aphetic form of escape.] To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scape \Scape\, n. 1. An escape. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] --Donne. [1913 Webster] 3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Apophyge \A*poph"y*ge\, n. [Gr. 'apofygh` escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. 'apofey`gein to flee away; 'apo` from + fey`gein to flee: cf. F. apophyge.] (Arch.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape. --Parker. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scape n 1: erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip [syn: scape, flower stalk] 2: (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column [syn: shaft, scape]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "scape": Maypole, abscond, airscape, bar, break, breakout, bunk, cityscape, cloudscape, decamp, diorama, exterior, farmscape, flagstaff, flee, flight, fly, getaway, interior, lam, landscape, lookout, outlook, panorama, pastoral, perspective, pole, prospect, riverscape, rod, scene, scenery, scenic view, seapiece, seascape, shaft, sight, skyscape, slip, snowscape, stalk, stem, stick, sweep, tongue, totem pole, townscape, view, vista, waterscape