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chase (c̸hās)

transitive verb chased, chasing chas′·ing

  1. to follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm
  2. to run after; follow; pursue
  3. to seek after
  4. to make run away; drive
  5. to hunt (game)
  6. Slang to court aggressively

Etymology: ME chacen, cacchen: see catch

intransitive verb

  1. to go in pursuit to chase after him
  2. Informal to go hurriedly; rush to chase around town

noun

  1. the act of chasing; pursuit
    1. the hunting of game for sport: often with the
    2. anything hunted; quarry
  3. Brit.
    1. an unenclosed game preserve
    2. a license to hunt over a specified area or to keep animals there as game
chase Idioms

give chase

to chase; pursue
chase2 definition

chase (c̸hās)

noun

  1. a groove; furrow
  2. the bore of a gun barrel
  3. a groove or recess in a wall, made to provide space as for a pipe or conduit
  4. a rectangular metal frame in which pages or columns of type are locked

Etymology: Fr chas, needle's eye < OFr < VL *capsum < L capsa: see case

transitive verb chased, chasing chas′·ing

to make a groove in
chase3 definition

chase (c̸hās)

transitive verb chased, chasing chas′·ing

to ornament (metal) by engraving, embossing, etc.

Etymology: aphetic for enchase

Chase definition

Chase (c̸hās)

  1. Chase, Salmon P(ortland) (sal′mən) 1808-73; U.S. jurist; chief justice of the U.S. (1864-73)
  2. Chase, Samuel 1741-1811; Am. Revolutionary leader & U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1796-1811)

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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chase Synonyms

chase

n.

pursuit, hunt, quest; see hunt 1, 2.

give chase

chase, trail, hunt, go after; see pursue 1.


chase

v.

  1. To pursue

    follow, run after, trail, track; see hunt 1, pursue 1.

  2. To make run away

    drive away, expel, rout, scatter; see oust.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

chase Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • high-speed: Indeed, he seems to like his movies as loud as his comedy and the film lurches between gun-toting set pieces and high-speed chases.

Modifies a noun

  • sequence: To further assist with the effect a low level chase sequence was set up covering the area the cast ran through.

Noun used with modifier

  • goose: The phenomenon the wise men had followed, always possibly a wild goose chase, had turned out to be for real.
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chase quotes

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.

-Dryden,John

Man is the hunter; woman is his game: The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, We hunt them for the beauty of their skins; They love us for it, and we ride them down.

-Tennyson

He found that a fork in his inexperienced hand was an instrument of chase rather than capture.

-Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge)

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