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单词 flee
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flee

[ flee ]
/ fli /
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verb (used without object), fled [fled], /flɛd/, flee·ing.

to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
to move swiftly; fly; speed.

verb (used with object), fled, flee·ing.

to run away from (a place, person, etc.).

Origin of flee

First recorded before 900; Middle English fleen, Old English flēon; cognate with Old High German flichan (German fliehen ), Gothic thliuhan; compare Old English fleogan “to fly”; see also fly1

SYNONYMS FOR flee

3 evade, escape, avoid, shun, elude.
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OTHER WORDS FROM flee

outflee, verb (used with object), out·fled, out·flee·ing.un·flee·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH flee

flea, flee

Words nearby flee

Fledermaus, Die, fledge, fledged, fledgling, fledgy, flee, fleece, fleeced, fleece-vine, fleecie, fleecy
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British Dictionary definitions for flee (1 of 2)

flee1
/ (fliː) /

verb flees, fleeing or fled

to run away from (a place, danger, etc); flyto flee the country
(intr) to run or move quickly; rush; speedshe fled to the door

Derived forms of flee

fleer, noun

Word Origin for flee

Old English flēon; related to Old Frisian fliā, Old High German fliohan, Gothic thliuhan

British Dictionary definitions for flee (2 of 2)

flee2
/ (fliː) /

verb

a Scot word for fly 1

noun

a Scot word for fly 2
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