15. chase to cut (a screw thread), as with a chaser or machine tool.
16. (n.)Chase 1808–73, Chief Justice of the U.S. 1864–73.
17. Chase Samuel, 1741–1811, U.S. jurist and leader in the American Revolution.
Definition of 'CHASE'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)pursuit, chase, pursual, following the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
2. (noun)Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
3. (verb)chase a rectangular metalframe used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
4. (verb)chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track go after with the intent to catch "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
5. (verb)chase, chase after pursue someone sexually or romantically
1. (verb)chase to run after in order to catch; = pursue a dream where he's being chased by monsters; to chase after the ball
2. chase to move toward in order to make sb or sth leave to chase the animals away
3. chase to try hard to get young people naively chasing fame
4. (noun)chase the act of running after sb; = pursuit The bird was caught after a long chase.; the car chase at the end of the movie
Definition of 'CHASE'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)CHASE a rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed
2. (noun)CHASE the part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon
3. (noun)CHASE a groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile
4. (noun)CHASE 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
5. CHASE 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
7. CHASE 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
8. CHASE 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
9. (verb)CHASE to pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt
10. (verb)CHASE 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
11. (verb)CHASE to pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game
12. (verb)CHASE to give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor