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Chase Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Chase?
[n] the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
[v] cut a furrow into a columns [v] cut a groove into; "chase silver" [v] go after with the intent to catch [v] pursue someone sexually or romantically Synonyms | Synonyms for Chase: chamfer | chase after | chase after | dog | following | furrow | go after | pursuit | tag | tail | track | trail Related Terms | Find terms related to Chase: address | afforestation | arboretum | assemble | beat | beat back | beau | bedog | bezel | boil | bolt | boondocks | boot out | boss | brush off | bundle | bush | bushveld | bustle | career | carve | cast | chamfer | charge | chase away | chase off | chase out | chevy | chink | chisel | chivy | chuck | climax forest | cloud forest | come after | come behind | corrugation | course | coursing | court | crack | cranny | crowd | cut | cynegetics | dado | dash | dash off | dash on | dendrology | Derby | dismiss | dog | dogging | double-time | drive | drive away | drive back | drive off | drive out | drum out | eject | emboss | engrave | engraving | esquire | evict | extrude | falcon | falconry | fend off | festinate | flat race | fling | flush | flute | fluting | follow | follow the hounds | follow up | following | follow-up | force out | forest | forest land | forest preserve | forestry | found | fowl | fox hunting | freeze out | fringing forest | furrow | gallery forest | gash | get going | get moving | give chase | go after | go behind | go hunting | gouge | grave | greenwood | groove | gun | gunning | handicap | handicap race | hanger | harness race | harry out | hasten | hawk | hawking | heel | hold off | hollo after | horse race | hound | hue and cry | hunt | hunt down | hunt out | hunting | hurdle race | hurry | hurry on | hurry through | hurry up | hurry-scurry | hustle | incision | index forest | insculpture | jack | jacklight | jungle | jungles | keep off | Kentucky Derby | kick out | lash | lay siege to | leap | lose no time | make after | make haste | make suit to | microgroove | model | mold | move behind | move quickly | national forest | out | pack off | palmetto barrens | park | park forest | pay attention to | pay court to | pine barrens | plate race | plunge | post | Preakness Stakes | press on | prey | primeval forest | prosecute | prosecution | protection forest | prowl after | purse race | pursuance | pursue | pursuing | pursuit | push back | push on | push out | put back | put to flight | quarry | quarter-horse race | quest | quest after | rabbet | race | rain forest | raise | raise the hunt | rebuff | reforestation | refuse | repel | repulse | ride to hounds | ridge | rifling | rout | rout out | ruck | run | run after | run out | rush | rush through | rut | scamper | score | scramble | scratch | scrub | scrubland | sculp | sculpt | sculpture | scurry | scuttle | search | searching | seek | seek out | seeking | selection forest | send away | send off | send packing | serenade | shadow | shadowing | shikar | shoot | shooting | shrubland | silviculture | slit | smoke out | snub | solder | spark | speed | sport | sporting | sprout forest | spurn | spurt | squire | stake | stake race | stalk | stalking | stand of timber | start | state forest | steeplechase | still hunt | still-hunt | streak | stria | striation | string along | sue | sulcation | sulcus | swain | sweep | sweepstake | sweepstakes | sweetheart | tag | tag after | tag along | tail | tailgate | take out after | tear | throw out | thrust back | timber | timberland | track | tracking | tracking down | trail | trail after | trailing | tread close upon | tree veld | trotting race | turn back | venery | virgin forest | ward off | weld | well-worn groove | wildwood | woo | wood | woodland | woods | wrinkle See Also | chase away | court | cut | dispel | drive away | drive off | drive out | follow | hound | hunt | motion | move | movement | pursue | quest | romance | run down | run off | shadowing | solicit | stalk | stalking | tag along | tailing | trace | tracking | trailing | turn back | woo Chase In Webster's Dictionary \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chasing}.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL.
captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See {Catch}.]
1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an
enemy, or game; to hunt.
We are those which chased you from the field.
--Shak.
Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through
time and place. --Cowper.
2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on;
to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away
or off; as, to chase the hens away.
Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince
to prince and from place to place. --Knolles.
3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson.
\Chase\, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.] \Chase\, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See {Chase}, v.] 1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. ``This mad chase of fame.'' --Dryden. You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. 2. That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. 3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [Eng.] 4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point. {Chase gun} (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. {Chase port} (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. {Stern chase} (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued. \Chase\, n. [F. ch['a]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See {Case} a box.] (Print.) 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed. 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re["e]nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See {Cannon}. 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. 4. (Shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats. \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread. |
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