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To chase is defined as to follow quickly, pursue or run after.

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An example of to chase is a cat running after a mouse.

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transitive verb chased, chasing

to follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm
to run after; follow; pursue
to seek after
to make run away; drive
to hunt (game)
Slang to court aggressively

Origin: ME chacen, cacchen: see catch

intransitive verb

to go in pursuit: to chase after him
Informal to go hurriedly; rush: to chase around town

noun

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

noun

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

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

transitive verb chased, chasing

to make a groove in

transitive verb chased, chasing

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

Origin: aphetic for enchase

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

See chase in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb chased chased, chas·ing, chas·es

verb, transitive

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.

verb, intransitive

To go or follow in pursuit.
Informal To go hurriedly; rush: chased all over looking for us.

noun

The act of chasing; pursuit.
a. The hunting of game: the thrill of the chase.
b. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry.
Chiefly British
a. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.
b. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English chasen, to hunt

Origin: , from Old French chacier

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *captiāre

Origin: , from Latin captāre, to catch; see catch

noun
Printing

A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from French châsse, case, reliquary

Origin: , from Old French chasse

Origin: , from Latin capsa

noun

a. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
b. A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.
The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
The cavity of a mold.

transitive verb chased chased, chas·ing, chas·es

To groove; indent.
To cut (the thread of a screw).
To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from obsolete French chas, groove, enclosure

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin capsa, box

Origin: . V., variant of enchase

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).

, 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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