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scape 1

 (skāp)
n.
1. Botany A leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground, as in the tulip.
2. Biology A stalklike part, such as a feather shaft or the first segment of an insect's antenna.
3. Architecture The shaft of a column.

[Latin scāpus, stalk, perhaps from Greek skāpos.]

scape 2

 (skāp)
v. & n. Archaic
Variant of escape.

scape 3

 (skāp)
n.
A scene; a view. Often used in combination: seascape; mindscape.

[From landscape.]
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scape

(skeɪp)
n
1. (Botany) a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
2. (Zoology) zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna
[C17: from Latin scāpus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft]
ˈscapose adj

scape

(skeɪp) or

'scape

vb, n
an archaic word for escape
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scape1

(skeɪp)

n.
1. a leafless flower stalk rising from the ground.
2. Archit. the shaft of a column.
[1595–1605; < Latin scāpus stalk < Doric Greek skâpos, akin to Attic skêptron staff, scepter]

scape2

(skeɪp)

n., v.t., v.i. scaped, scap•ing.

-scape

a combining form extracted from landscape, with the meaning “an extensive view, scenery,” or “a picture or representation” of such a view, as specified by the initial element: cityscape; moonscape.
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scape


Past participle: scaped
Gerund: scaping

Imperative
scape
scape
Present
I scape
you scape
he/she/it scapes
we scape
you scape
they scape
Preterite
I scaped
you scaped
he/she/it scaped
we scaped
you scaped
they scaped
Present Continuous
I am scaping
you are scaping
he/she/it is scaping
we are scaping
you are scaping
they are scaping
Present Perfect
I have scaped
you have scaped
he/she/it has scaped
we have scaped
you have scaped
they have scaped
Past Continuous
I was scaping
you were scaping
he/she/it was scaping
we were scaping
you were scaping
they were scaping
Past Perfect
I had scaped
you had scaped
he/she/it had scaped
we had scaped
you had scaped
they had scaped
Future
I will scape
you will scape
he/she/it will scape
we will scape
you will scape
they will scape
Future Perfect
I will have scaped
you will have scaped
he/she/it will have scaped
we will have scaped
you will have scaped
they will have scaped
Future Continuous
I will be scaping
you will be scaping
he/she/it will be scaping
we will be scaping
you will be scaping
they will be scaping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scaping
you have been scaping
he/she/it has been scaping
we have been scaping
you have been scaping
they have been scaping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scaping
you will have been scaping
he/she/it will have been scaping
we will have been scaping
you will have been scaping
they will have been scaping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scaping
you had been scaping
he/she/it had been scaping
we had been scaping
you had been scaping
they had been scaping
Conditional
I would scape
you would scape
he/she/it would scape
we would scape
you would scape
they would scape
Past Conditional
I would have scaped
you would have scaped
he/she/it would have scaped
we would have scaped
you would have scaped
they would have scaped
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.scape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulipscape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
peduncle - stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
2.scape - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
upright, vertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"
architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
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