[cheys] 
verb, chased, chas⋅ing, noun | 1. | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 13. | give chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase. |
| 14. | cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the main point. |
