English
Etymology
OE. fl�on
Pronunciation
IPA|/fli�/, SAMPA|/fli:/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�|-i�
audio|en-us-flee.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones: flea
Homonyms
flea
Verb
Category:English irregular verbs
en-verb|flees|fleeing|fled|fled
- intransitive To run away; to escape.
#:The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
- transitive To escape from.
#:Many people fled the country as war loomed.
#:Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
Translations
trans-top|to run away; to escape
Danish: flygte
Finnish: paeta, karata
German: fliehen, miehen
Icelandic: flýja
trans-mid
Latin: fugere, terga vertere
Japanese: JAchar|��� (JAchar|���, nigeru)
Kurdish: KUchar|���ڵات�, KUchar|د��رپ�����
Swedish: fly
Welsh: ffoi
trans-bottom
trans-top|to escape from
Danish: flygte
Finnish: paeta, karata
Icelandic: flýja
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|��� (JAchar|���, nigeru)
Kurdish: KUchar|�اکرد�
Swedish: fly
Welsh: ffoi
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ttbc|Dutch: vluchten, wegvluchten
ttbc|French: fuir
ttbc|German: fliehen (1), flüchten (1), vor (etwas) fliehen or flüchten (threat) (2), aus (etwas) fliehen or flüchten (location) (2), entfliehen (with dative) (2)
ttbc|Indonesian: minggat, lari|melarikan diri
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ttbc|Kurdish: revîn, bazdan
ttbc|Polish: ucieka�
ttbc|Portuguese: fugir
ttbc|Romanian: sc�pa
ttbc|Spanish: huir, fugarse
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Scots
Etymology
Old English flyge|flȳġe, fleoge|fl�oge.
Noun
flee
- fly
Category:Scots nouns
el:flee
fr:flee
ko:flee
io:flee
id:flee
it:flee
hu:flee
ja:flee
pl:flee
sr:flee
fi:flee
sv:flee
ta:flee
te:flee
vi:flee
uk:flee
zh:flee
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