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What (who) is -scape - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Scape (disambiguation)
-scape
¦ combining form denoting a specified type of scene: moonscape.
Origin
on the pattern of (land)scape.
Scape
·noun The shaft of a column.
II. Scape ·noun The apophyge of a shaft.
III. Scape ·noun Means of escape; evasion.
IV. Scape ·noun Loose act of vice or lewdness.
V. Scape ·noun An Escape.
VI. Scape ·vt & ·vi To Escape.
VII. Scape ·noun A freak; a slip; a fault; an Escapade.
VIII. Scape ·noun The long basal joint of the antennae of an Insect.
IX. Scape ·noun A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
scape
¦ noun Entomology the basal segment of an insect's antenna, especially when it is enlarged and lengthened (as in a weevil).
Origin
C19: via L. from Gk skapos 'rod'; related to sceptre.
Examples of use of -scape
1. "It‘s not the Spartans with the swords anymore," said Emmett Schaill, the brigade commander, peering into the desert–scape.
2. Tech–savvy viewers often don‘t see the big fuss: For them, EPIC‘s media–scape is already here.
3. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, added, "Political leaders, like Mayor Barletta, must stop scape–goating undocumented immigrants for all the problems we confront in our local communities." E–mail to a friend All About Immigration U.S.
4. "We have already started groundwork and will fin–alise the main contractors for the infrastructure package," Omar Ayesh, president of Tameer Holding, told Gulf News at the City–scape exhibition yesterday.
5. Nasty symptoms can be seen – the growth of extreme politics, the twin problem of mass unemployment and growing inequality, and the endless scape–goating of international bodies like the EU.