Associations to the word «Scape»

Wiktionary

SCAPE, noun. (botany) a leafless stalk growing directly out of a root
SCAPE, noun. The lowest part of an insect's antenna
SCAPE, noun. (architecture) the shaft of a column
SCAPE, noun. (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
SCAPE, verb. (archaic) to escape
SCAPE, noun. (archaic) escape
SCAPE, noun. (obsolete) A means of escape; evasion.
SCAPE, noun. (obsolete) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
SCAPE, noun. (obsolete) A loose act of vice or lewdness.

Dictionary definition

SCAPE, noun. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
SCAPE, noun. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats