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Meanings of scape in английском

португальский
escapo

Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.

escapo

(Architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.

Synonyms
Examples for "flower stalk"
Examples for "flower stalk"
1
Snip off the flower stalk as it forms to prolong the leaf growth.
Vegetable gardening for dummies
2
So Thumbkins climbed up the flower stalk and took a seat upon Billy Bumblebee's back.
Friendly Fairies
3
Its yellow flowers , its tall flower stalk, the thick, hairy leaves-allthese are its charms.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
4
The strong flower stalk was used in building houses and the broad leaves for covering them.
Arizona Sketches
5
When the flower stalk has once started it grows rapidly, but after blossoming the plant dies.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
Usage of scape in английском
1
After that Isaac began to see the denizens of the station's roof-scape.
Perdido Street Station
2
Tchicaya began to gesture at the scape, but she grabbed his arm.
Schild’s Ladder
3
I smiled up at the ceiling-scape of clouds in a haint-blue sky.
Sister Mine
4
How quietly the land-scape sleeps there by the lake, after the battle!
Hyperion
5
Why did you leave de jail, if you didn't wish to 'scape?
Leah Mordecai: A Novel
6
The result: a sprawling photo-scape suddenly looks like a scale model.
Wired
7
Rasmah held up her hand for patience, retreating back into her private scape.
Schild’s Ladder
8
I suppose it must be a Cymbidium scape from the size.
Allan and the Holy Flower
9
Though I didn't welcome it, Dahlia's confession darkened the scape of my mind.
Made of honor
10
On the thirty-seventh day, Tchicaya woke and looked around the scape.
Schild’s Ladder
11
Supermarket chains have altered the fabric and social-scape of village life.
The Irish Times
12
And if shipmen come unwarily thereby, unneth they scape without peril.
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus
13
He squinted at her and willed the scape to grow brighter.
Schild’s Ladder
14
Frank Robinson was the Series hero; Willie Davis's catching error made him the scape-goat.
The new yorker
15
I reject racial hypocrisy and scape-goating minorities of any kind.
The South African
16
Writer travels around Shetland, admiring the land scape and he visits the oil terminal.
The new yorker
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Translations for scape
португальский
escapo
Scape through the time
Scape across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common