English to English
verb
- escape, either physically or mentally
The thief eluded the police.
This difficult idea seems to evade her.
The event evades explanation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
What you are seeing in him eludes me.
source: WordNet 3.0
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
He dodged the issue.
She skirted the problem.
They tend to evade their responsibilities.
He evaded the questions skillfully.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [iliúd] Umiwas; umilag
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
