chasing
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verb (used with object)
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.
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
Verb phrases 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.
13.
Idioms give chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
14.
cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the main point.
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chase1 (tʃeɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by up) | |
| 1. | to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly |
| 2. | (tr; |
| 3. | informal (tr) to court (a member of the opposite sex) in an unsubtle manner |
| 4. | informal to pursue persistently and energetically in order to obtain results, information, etc: chase up the builders and get a delivery date |
| 5. | informal (intr) to hurry; rush |
| —n | |
| 6. | the act of chasing; pursuit |
| 7. | any quarry that is pursued |
| 8. | (Brit) an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted |
| 9. | (Brit) the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others |
| 10. | the chase the act or sport of hunting |
| 11. | short for steeplechase |
| 12. | real tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again |
| 13. | informal chiefly (US) cut to the chase to start talking about the important aspects of something |
| 14. | give chase to pursue (a person, animal, or thing) actively |
| [C13: from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiāre (unattested), from Latin captāre to pursue eagerly, from capere to take; see | |
| 'chaseable1 | |
| —adj | |
| chase2 (tʃeɪs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | printing a rectangular steel or cast-iron frame into which metal type and blocks making up pages are locked for printing or plate-making |
| 2. | the part of a gun barrel from the front of the trunnions to the muzzle |
| 3. | a groove or channel, esp one that is cut in a wall to take a pipe, cable, etc |
| —vb | |
| 4. | Also: chamfer to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc) |
| [C17 (in the sense: frame for letterpress matter): probably from French châsse frame (in the sense: bore of a cannon, etc): from Old French chas enclosure, from Late Latin capsus pen for animals; both from Latin capsa | |
| chase3 (tʃeɪs) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | Also: enchase to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing |
| 2. | to form or finish (a screw thread) with a chaser |
| [C14: from Old French enchasser | |
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Word Origin & History
chase
c.1300, from O.Fr. chacier "to catch, seize," from V.L. *captiare (see catch). Meaning of "run after" developed c.1350.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
chasing
metalwork technique used to define or refine the forms of a surface design and to bring them to the height of relief required. The metal is worked from the front by hammering with various tools that raise, depress, or push aside the metal without removing any from the surface (except when the term chasing, instead of the more appropriate term chiselling, is used to describe the removal of surplus metal from objects after casting)
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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Example sentences
Do not be a speculator, chasing after the best-performer du jour.
The swashbuckling birds sometimes team up to overwhelm their victims, and they are relentless in chasing down their adversaries.
She knew she was going to be chasing that sound for a long time now.
If the definition of inflation is too many dollars chasing too few goods, the too many dollars aren't out there.
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