| SCAPE | • scape n. (Botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root. • scape n. The basal segment of an insect’s antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body). • scape n. The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape. |
| SCAPED | • scaped v. Simple past tense and past participle of scape. • SCAPE v. to escape. |
| SCAPES | • scapes n. Plural of scape. • scapes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scape. • SCAPE v. to escape. |
| SCAPEGOAT | • scapegoat n. In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent… • scapegoat n. Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure. • scapegoat v. (Transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of. |
| SCAPELESS | • scapeless adj. (Botany) Without a scape. • SCAPELESS adj. not to be escaped. |
| SCAPEMENT | • scapement n. Alternative form of escapement (part of a timepiece). • SCAPEMENT n. a part of a clock or watch connecting the wheelwork with the pendulum or balance, and allowing a tooth to escape at each vibration, also ESCAPEMENT. |
| SCAPEGOATS | • scapegoats n. Plural of scapegoat. • scapegoats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scapegoat. • SCAPEGOAT v. to make a scapegoat of. |
| SCAPEGRACE | • scapegrace n. A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel. • SCAPEGRACE n. an incorrigible rascal. |
| SCAPEMENTS | • scapements n. Plural of scapement. • SCAPEMENT n. a part of a clock or watch connecting the wheelwork with the pendulum or balance, and allowing a tooth to escape at each vibration, also ESCAPEMENT. |
| SCAPEWHEEL | • scape-wheel n. The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose teeth the pallets play. • SCAPEWHEEL n. an escape wheel. |
| SCAPEGOATED | • scapegoated v. Simple past tense and past participle of scapegoat. • SCAPEGOAT v. to make a scapegoat of. |
| SCAPEGRACES | • scapegraces n. Plural of scapegrace. • SCAPEGRACE n. an incorrigible rascal. |
| SCAPEWHEELS | • scape-wheels n. Plural of scape-wheel. • SCAPEWHEEL n. an escape wheel. |
| SCAPEGALLOWS | • scapegallows n. (Colloquial, dated) A criminal who has narrowly escaped being hanged. • SCAPEGALLOWS n. a person who deserves hanging. |
| SCAPEGOATING | • scapegoating v. Present participle of scapegoat. • scapegoating n. The act of making somebody a scapegoat. • SCAPEGOATING n. the act of making a scapegoat of. |
| SCAPEGOATISM | • scapegoatism n. The practice of holding somebody accountable as a scapegoat. • SCAPEGOATISM n. the act of making scapegoats. |
| SCAPEGOATINGS | • scapegoatings n. Plural of scapegoating. • SCAPEGOATING n. the act of making a scapegoat of. |
| SCAPEGOATISMS | • scapegoatisms n. Plural of scapegoatism. • SCAPEGOATISM n. the act of making scapegoats. |
| SCAPEGALLOWSES | • scapegallowses n. Plural of scapegallows. • SCAPEGALLOWS n. a person who deserves hanging. |