shaft, scape
(noun) (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
scape, flower stalk
(noun) erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scape (plural scapes)
(botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root.
The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape.
(architecture) The shaft of a column.
(architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
scape (third-person singular simple present scapes, present participle scaping, simple past and past participle scaped)
(archaic) to escape
scape (plural scapes)
(archaic) escape
(obsolete) A means of escape; evasion.
(obsolete) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
(obsolete) A loose act of vice or lewdness.
Probably imitative.
scape (plural scapes)
The cry of the snipe when flushed.
The snipe itself.
• EPACs, Space, a-spec, aspec, capes, paces, space
Source: Wiktionary
Scape, n. Etym: [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. scape. Cf. Scepter.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.
3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.
Scape, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.] Etym: [Aphetic form of escape.]
Definition: To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. Chaucer.
Scape, n.
1. An escape. [Obs.] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. Shak.
2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] Donne.
3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. Milton.
4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
