to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
2.
to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
3.
to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.: He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.
4.
to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
–verb (used without object)
5.
to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
6.
to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
–noun
7.
the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
8.
an object of pursuit; something chased.
9.
Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
10.
British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
11.
a steeplechase.
12.
the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
—Verb phrase
13.
give chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
—Idiom
14.
cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the main point.
Origin: 1250–1300; ME chacen < MF chasser to hunt, OF chacier < VL *captiāre;see catch
Mary Ellen, 1887–1973, U.S. educator, novelist, and essayist.
2.
Sal⋅mon Portland /ˈsælmən/Show Spelled Pronunciation[sal-muhn]Show IPA, 1808–73, U.S. jurist and statesman: secretary of the Treasury 1861–64; Chief Justice of the U.S. 1864–73.
3.
Samuel, 1741–1811, U.S. jurist and leader in the American Revolution: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1796–1811.
To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue: chased the thief.
To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt: chase foxes.
To seek the favor or company of persistently: chased me until I agreed to a date.
To put to flight; drive: chased the dog away.
Baseball To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.
v.
intr.
To go or follow in pursuit.
Informal To go hurriedly; rush: chased all over looking for us.
n.
The act of chasing; pursuit.
The hunting of game: the thrill of the chase.
Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry.
A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.
The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.
Chiefly British
A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.
The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.
[Middle English chasen, to hunt, from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, to catch; see catch.]
chase 2 (chās) n.
Printing A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.
[Perhaps from French châsse, case, reliquary, from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.]
chase 3 (chās) n.
A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.
The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
The cavity of a mold.
tr.v.
chased, chas·ing, chas·es
To groove; indent.
To cut (the thread of a screw).
To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
[Possibly from obsolete French chas, groove, enclosure, from Old French, from Latin capsa, box. V., variant of enchase.]
Chase (chās) American jurist who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1864-1873). He presided over the trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868).
Chase, Samuel 1741-1811. American jurist and Revolutionary War leader who was a delegate to the Continental Congresses, signed the Declaration of Independence, and served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1796-1811).
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