Found 3 items, similar to Eluded.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: elude
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: elude
elude
v 1: escape, either physically or mentally;
“The thief eluded the
police”;
“This difficult idea seems to evade her”;
“The
event evades explanation” [syn:
evade,
bilk]
2: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by;
“What you
are seeing in him eludes me” [syn:
escape]
3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues);
“He dodged the issue”;
“she skirted the problem”;
“They tend to evade their
responsibilities”;
“he evaded the questions skillfully”
[syn:
hedge,
fudge,
evade,
put off,
circumvent,
parry,
skirt,
dodge,
duck,
sidestep]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Eluded
Elude
\E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F.
['e]luder. See
Ludicrous.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a
gradual process of which the stages elude close
definition. --Tylor.
Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock;
baffle; frustrate; foil.
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