scape

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[ skeyp ]
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noun
  1. Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.

  2. Zoology. a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.

  1. Architecture. the shaft of a column.

  2. Entomology. the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.

Origin of scape

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1595–1605; <Latin scāpus stalk <Doric Greek skâpos, akin to Attic skêptron staff, scepter

Other definitions for scape (2 of 3)

scape2

or 'scape

[ skeyp ]

noun, verb (used with or without object),scaped, scap·ing.Archaic.
  1. an archaic variant of escape.

Other definitions for -scape (3 of 3)

-scape

  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.

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How to use scape in a sentence

  • It would vex me to the dogs that letters should miscarry between Dublin and Wexford, after 'scaping the salt seas.

    The Journal to Stella | Jonathan Swift
  • There was no room for 'scaping; and that mist Bereft us, both of sight and the pure air.

British Dictionary definitions for scape (1 of 3)

scape1

/ (skeɪp) /


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

Origin of scape

1
C17: from Latin scāpus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft

Derived forms of scape

  • scapose, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for scape (2 of 3)

scape2

'scape

/ (skeɪp) /


verb, noun
  1. an archaic word for escape

British Dictionary definitions for -scape (3 of 3)

-scape

suffix forming nouns
  1. indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation: seascape

Origin of -scape

3
abstracted from landscape

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