elude

tr.v., e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes.

1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police.
2. To escape the understanding or grasp of: a name that has always eluded me; a metaphor that eluded them. See synonyms at escape.

[Latin ēlūdere : ē-, ex-, ex- + lūdere, to play (from lūdus, play).]

verb

1. To keep away from: avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keepstaysteerclear of. See seek/avoid.
2. To get away from (a pursuer): evade, lose, shake off, slip, throw off. Slang shake. Idioms: give someone theshakeslip. See seek/avoid.
3. To fail to be fixed by the mind, memory, or senses of: escape. Idioms: slip away from. See owned/unowned.

v

Definition: avoid; escape
Antonyms: attract, confront, encounter, entice, face, invite, meet, take on

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IN BRIEF: To escape; to get away from; to keep from being seen or understood.

The meaning of the complicated poem continued to elude her understanding.

Tutor's tip: To "allude" is to imply or refer to something in a vague way; to "elude" is to escape or evade; and "elute" means to extract through absorption.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - undslippe, undgå, smutte uden om, unddrage sig, smutte ud af éns erindring, overstige éns fatteevne

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwijken, ontgaan, niet nakomen (van een verplichting)

Français (French)
v. tr. - échapper à (l'ennemi, la poursuite), éluder (une question), se dérober à (une obligation, des responsabilité), esquiver (un coup)

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich entziehen, ausweichen, umgehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπεκφεύγω, ξεφεύγω, ξεγλιστρώ, δεν έρχομαι στη μνήμη, διαφεύγω τη μνήμη

Italiano (Italian)
eludere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - escapar, fugir à compreensão

Русский (Russian)
избегать, ускользать, не поддаваться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - eludir, escapar, esquivar, evadir, evitar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - undkomma, kringgå, slingra sig undan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
逃避, 使困惑, 规避

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 逃避, 使困惑, 規避

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 몸을 비켜 피하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - うまく逃れる, 避ける, 理解できない, 思い出せない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتملص, يروغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השתמט מ-, התחמק מ-‬

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