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Flee — Flée Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Flée, commune française de la Côte d Or Flée, ancienne commune française de la Côte d Or, aujourd hui intégrée à Dampierre et Flée Flée, commune… … Wikipédia en Français
Flée — may refer to the following communes in France:* Flée, Côte d Or, in the Côte d Or department * Flée, Sarthe, in the Sarthe department * Dampierre et Flée, in the Côte d Or department * L Hôtellerie de Flée, in the Maine et Loire department * La… … Wikipedia
Flee — (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled} (fl[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle[ o]n (imperf. fle[ a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flee — I verb abandon, abscond, absent oneself, clear out, decamp, desert, disappear, effugere, escape, evacuate, evade, fly, fugam petere, hasten away, hide, make an escape, make off, play truant, remove oneself, retire, retreat, run, run away, run off … Law dictionary
flee — [ fli ] (past tense and past participle fled [ fled ] ) verb intransitive or transitive ** to escape from a dangerous situation or place very quickly: Earthquake victims have been forced to flee their homes. Police caught up with one of the gang … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flee — meaning ‘to run away, escape’ is most often used in its past tense fled. Flee has a somewhat literary or romantic flavour: • The fourteenth Dalai Lama…has lived in exile in the Indian Himalayas since 1959, when Khamba rebels persuaded him to flee … Modern English usage
flee — [fli:] v past tense and past participle fled [fled] [I and T] written [: Old English; Origin: flean] to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger ▪ His attackers turned and fled. ▪ Masaari spent six months in prison before… … Dictionary of contemporary English
flee — (v.) O.E. fleon take flight, fly from, avoid, escape (contracted class II strong verb; past tense fleah, pp. flogen), from P.Gmc. *thleukhanan (Cf. O.H.G. fliohan, O.N. flöja, O.Fris. flia, Du. vlieden, Ger. fliehen, Goth. þliuhan to flee ), of… … Etymology dictionary
flee — flee·rish; flee; … English syllables
flee — /flee/, v., fled, fleeing. v.i. 1. to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight. 2. to move swiftly; fly; speed. v.t. 3. to run away from (a place, person, etc.). [bef. 900; ME fleen, OE fleon; c. OHG flichan (G fliehen), Goth thliuhan;… … Universalium
flee — fly, Cscape, decamp, abscond Analogous words: evade, elude, avoid, Cscape … New Dictionary of Synonyms
