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ELUDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("eluding" is a kind of...):
evasion (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)
Derivation:
elude (escape, either physically or mentally)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb elude