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Definition scape
Etymology 1
From Latin sc?pus, from Ancient Greek (Doric) ?????? (skāpos).
Noun
scape (plural scapes)
- (botany) a leafless stalk growing directly out of a root
- the basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body)
- the basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape
- (architecture) the shaft of a column
- (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
Etymology 2
Formed by aphesis from escape.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
scape (third-person singular simple present scapes, present participle scaping, simple past and past participle scaped)
- (archaic) to escape
Noun
scape (plural scapes)
- (archaic) escape
- (obsolete) A means of escape; evasion.
- (obsolete) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
- (obsolete) A loose act of vice or lewdness.
Etymology 3
Probably imitative.
Noun
scape (plural scapes)
- The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- The snipe itself.
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