flee

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfliː/, [ˈflɪi̯] Rhymes: -iː Hyphenation: flee Homophone: flea === Verb === flee (third-person singular simple present flees, present participle fleeing, simple past and past participle fled or (nonstandard) fleed) (intransitive) To run away; to escape. Synonym: run for it (transitive) To escape from. (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === elfe, feel, fele, leef == Middle English == === Noun === flee alternative form of fle == Scots == === Alternative forms === fle, flei === Etymology === From Middle English flye, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ. Compare English fly, Dutch vlieg, German Fliege. === Noun === flee fly