elude
IPA: ɪɫˈud
verb
- (transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
- (transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
- (transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
- (transitive) To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.
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Examples of "elude" in Sentences
- They manage to elude the assault.
- The girl eludes me at the moment.
- He was forewarned and eluded capture.
- Aware of the plan, the Meccan caravan eluded Muslims.
- They elude the witch chasing them and reach the house.
- The logic of the concluding paragraph seems to elude me.
- The technicalities of reporting this elude me at the moment.
- By the mid 1990s, the Stanley Cup seemed to elude the Capitals.
- However, breakthrough in the US market continued to elude the band.
- Again the subtle nuances of the English language seem to elude you.
- However the implications of the first part of the sentence elude me.
- The correct definition and use of the word elude has eluded 10:59 pm Anon.
- How is it that this unconditional love continues to elude us, generation after generation?
- And I seem to remember several books with Conan Doyle as the detective though the titles elude me.
- Jim loves to blog anonymously about himself. he should learn how to spell "elude" in a press release.
- The law allows such individuals to be picked up if they might flee or elude a subpoena for testimony.
- Over the years we have seen this title elude some of the sport's greatest players (McEnroe, Sampras, Edberg, Becker, Federer to name a few).
- Besides I was ready to supply the want of money by an increase of bodily privations and exertions, to elude which is the principal motive for spending money in travels of this sort.
- Unfortunately, at this point you might also be feeling the beginnings of your resistance to sticking to your resolutions and asking yourself why discipline and willpower seem to elude you.