To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
To try to find; to look for; to search for.
To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
To navigate through a stream.
To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
To attempt, endeavour, try
The operation of navigating through a stream.