1. elude - verb
· escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
Hypernym(s): escape, get_away, break_loose
2. elude - verb
· be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
Synonym(s): escape
Hypernym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
3. elude - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put_off, circumvent, parry, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
Hypernym(s): avoid
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