Crossword clues for fleeing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flee \Flee\ (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled (fl[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle['o]n (imperf. fle['a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. [thorn]liuhan. [root]84. Cf. Flight.] To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
--Shak.
Flee fornication.
--1 Cor. vi.
18.
So fled his enemies my warlike father.
--Shak.
Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use
fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost
speed. ``Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?''
--Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who flees. vb. (present participle of flee English)
Usage examples of "fleeing".
Instead he swung his mount northwest and rode at a canter until he ran into the first of the fleeing Tithansi, from whom he gleaned the story.
His search revealed that there had been survivors, a small group abandoning the scene and fleeing south, out across the Odhan.
Apt had found the trail left by the fleeing survivors and was sniffing the air, swinging its long, blunt head from side to side.
Duiker suspected that the rebel High Mage had set that fire himself, destroying anything of potential use to Coltaine before fleeing through whatever paths his warren offered him.
Dog riders poured back down the ramp, parting around the warlocks and their motionless horse, then wheeling to the south in pursuit of the fleeing Halafan and Sialk infantry and the Tithansi archers.
Tregyn and Bhilard an hour later, and set off in pursuit of the fleeing remnants.
They had no hope of catching the fleeing army until the cavalry had completed the encirclement, closing off all avenues of escape.
In the meantime, the thousands of fleeing soldiers stayed ahead of the phalanxes, sweeping around the barrows, leaving booty behind as they went.
As Batu had ordered, the officers tried to guide their panicked charges toward the marsh, but hundreds of men were instinctively fleeing uphill, toward the reinforcements.
The routed soldiers that had been fleeing uphill stopped in their tracks and crouched in grass, fearful of putting themselves between the bowmen and their targets.
The riders in the rear ranks were advancing more slowly, pouring a rain of arrows into the fleeing armies.
The horsewarriors were only another dozen yards behind them, steadily hacking and slashing their way closer to the front of the fleeing mass.
With the refugees from Shihfang still fleeing down the road, the battle preparations took until late afternoon.
Within seconds, the Tuigan cavalry was fleeing in an uncontrolled panic.
The horsewarriors would probably not seize the boats until they were inside the city, where fleeing would be impossible.