Meaning of "alpas"

alpas •

v.
• • umalpas, alpasan (um-:an) to become free, loose, untied (as animals) maka-alpas (maka-)

v.
• • to be able to break loose. Naka-alpas ang bilanggo. The prisoner was able to break loose.

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escape

v.
• • 1. to get free from confinement, as from prison: tumakas, makatakas
  • 2. to be able to get out and away: makakawala, makaalpas, makalaya
  • 3. to elope: magtanan, lumayas
  • 4. to be free or safe from: maligtas, makaligtas
  • 5. to avoid: umiwas, iwasan

n.
• • 1. act of escaping (from prison): pagtakas
  • 2. escaping from a cage: pagkawala, pag-alpas
  • 3. eloping: pagtatanan, paglayas
  • 4. avoiding: pag-iwas

loose

adj.
• • 1. not fastened: kalag, tanggal
  • 2. not tight: maluwag
  • 3. not firmly set or fastened: umuuga, umaalog
  • 4. not bound together: hiwa-hiwalay, hindi kabit-kabit
  • 5. free, not shut in: nakakawala, alpas, kawala
  • 6. not pressed together: buhaghag
  • 7. careless about morals or conduct: halaghag, pabaya
  • 8. loose and hanging as a womans hair: lugay, nakalugay

v.
• • 1. to set free, let go: mag-alpas, paalpasin, magpakawala, pakawalan
  • 2. to untie, unbind: magkalas, kalasin, magkalag, kalagin, kalagan

flight

n.
• • 1. act or manner of flying: lipad, paglipad
  • 2. trip in an airplane: paglipad (paglalakbay) sa eroplano
  • 3. set of stairs or steps from one landing or one story of a building to the next: hagdanan
  • 4. running away, escape: pagtakas, pagtatanan, pag-alpas