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allude: refer to indirectly
elude: avoid

Elude: The verb elude has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) elude, evade, bilk -- (escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation")
2. (1) elude, escape -- (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me")
3. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully")

Elude Synonym: 3 senses of elude

Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk -- (escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation")
=> escape, get away, break loose -- (run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison")

Sense 2
elude, escape -- (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me")
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")

Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully")
=> avoid -- (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her")

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Coordinate Terms: 3 senses of elude

Sense 1
elude, evade, bilk -- (escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation")
-> escape, get away, break loose -- (run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison")
=> break, break out, break away -- (move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security")
=> shake, shake off, throw off, escape from -- (get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me")
=> elude, evade, bilk -- (escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation")
=> slip -- (move smoothly and easily)
=> run away -- (escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all")
=> escape, get away -- (remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer")

Sense 2
elude, escape -- (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me")
-> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")
=> stump, mix up -- (cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her")
=> riddle -- (set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle")
=> elude, escape -- (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me")

Sense 3
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully")
-> avoid -- (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her")
=> hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully")
=> miss, escape -- (fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane")
=> get off, get away, get by, get out, escape -- (escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities")
=> bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around -- (avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!")
=> keep off, stay off -- (refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises")
=> shirk -- (avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties")
=> shy away from -- (avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task")
=> shun, eschew -- (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)