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 Definitions of CHASE  [ˈsæl mən]  

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Definition of 'CHASE' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) chase
to follow rapidly or intently to seize, overtake, etc.; pursue:
to chase a thief.

2.  chase
to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt.

3.  chase
to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, etc.

4.  chase
to drive or expel forcibly:
to chase the cat out.

5. (v.i.) chase
to follow in pursuit:
to chase after someone.

6.  chase
to rush; hasten:
chasing around all afternoon looking for a gift.

7. (n.) chase
the act of chasing; pursuit.

8.  chase
an object of pursuit.

9.  chase
Brit. a private game preserve.

10.  chase
the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.

11. (n.) chase
a rectangular iron frame in which composed type is secured or locked for printing or platemaking.

12.  chase
a groove, furrow, or channel, as one made in a wall for pipes or ducts.

13.  chase
the forepart of a gun, containing the bore.

14. (v.t.) chase
to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing.

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 metal frame 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

6. (verb) chase
cut a groove into
"chase silver"

7. (verb) furrow, chamfer, chase
cut a furrow into a columns


Definition of 'CHASE' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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

6.  CHASE
that which is pursued or hunted

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

13. (verb) CHASE
to ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like

14. (verb) CHASE
to cut, so as to make a screw thread


Translation of 'CHASE' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to run after; to pursue
He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: agtervolg Arabic flag Arabic: يُطارِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: преследвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: perseguir Czech flag Czech: honit, pronásledovat German flag German: jagen
Danish flag Danish: forfølge; jage Greek flag Greek: κυνηγώ, καταδιώκω Spanish flag Spanish: perseguir
Estonian flag Estonian: taga ajama Farsi flag Farsi: تعقیب کردن Finnish flag Finnish: ajaa takaa
French flag French: poursuivre Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִרדוֹף Hindi flag Hindi: पीछा करना
Croatian flag Croatian: proganjati, loviti Hungarian flag Hungarian: üldöz Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengejar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: elta Italian flag Italian: dare la caccia a Japanese flag Japanese: 追跡する
Korean flag Korean: 쫓아가다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vytis, persekioti Latvian flag Latvian: dzīties pakaļ; vajāt
Malay flag Malay: kejar Dutch flag Dutch: achternazitten Norwegian flag Norwegian: løpe/jage etter, forfølge
Polish flag Polish: ścigać Persian flag Persian: تعقیب کردن Pashto flag Pashto: تعقیبول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: perseguir Romanian flag Romanian: a urmări Russian flag Russian: гнаться
Slovak flag Slovak: prenasledovať, hnať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: loviti; zasledovati Serbian flag Serbian: juriti
Swedish flag Swedish: jaga, förfölja Thai flag Thai: ไล่ตาม Turkish flag Turkish: kovalamak, peşinden koşma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 追逐 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: наздоганяти; переслідуват Urdu flag Urdu: پیچھا کرنا ، تعاقب کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đuổi theo; săn đuổi Chinese flag Chinese: 追逐

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