Definitions for chase
tʃeɪs; ˈsæl mənchase

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pursuit, chase, pursual, following(noun)

   the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

   "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"

2. Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase(noun)

   United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

3. chase(verb)

   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. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track(verb)

   go after with the intent to catch

   "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

5. chase, chase after(verb)

   pursue someone sexually or romantically

6. chase(verb)

   cut a groove into

   "chase silver"

7. furrow, chamfer, chase(verb)

   cut a furrow into a columns

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chase(ProperNoun)

   from a nickname for a hunter.

   Etymology: Perhaps from châsse, from chasse, from capsa.

2. Chase(ProperNoun)

   of modern usage, transferred from the surname.

   Etymology: Perhaps from châsse, from chasse, from capsa.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chase(verb)

   to pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

2. Chase(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

3. Chase(verb)

   to pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

4. Chase(verb)

   to give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

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

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

6. Chase

   that which is pursued or hunted

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

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

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

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

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

9. Chase(noun)

   a rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed

   Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

10. Chase(noun)

    the part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon

    Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

11. Chase(noun)

    a groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile

    Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

12. Chase(noun)

    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

    Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

13. Chase(verb)

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

    Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

14. Chase(verb)

    to cut, so as to make a screw thread

    Etymology: [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chase

   chās, v.t. to pursue: to hunt: to drive away, put to flight.—n. pursuit: a hunting: that which is hunted: ground abounding in game.—n. Chase′port, the porthole at the bow or stern of a vessel, through which the chase-gun is fired.—Beasts of chase, properly the buck, doe, fox, marten, and roe: wild beasts that are hunted generally.—Wild-goose chase, any foolish or profitless pursuit. [O. Fr. chacier, chasser—L. captāre, freq. of capĕre, to take.]

2. Chase

   chās, v.t. to decorate metal-work, whether hammered or punched up, by engraving the exterior.—ns. Chas′er, one who practises chasing; Chas′ing, the art of representing figures in bas-relief by punching them out from behind, and then carving them on the front: the art of cutting the threads of screws. [Short for Enchase.]

3. Chase

   chās, n. a case or frame for holding types: a groove. [Fr. châsse, a shrine, a setting—L. capsa, a chest. See Case.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chase

   The vessel pursued by some other, that pursuing being the chaser. This word is also applied to a receptacle for deer and game, between a forest and a park in size, and stored with a larger stock of timber than the latter.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chase

   In gunnery, is the conical part of the gun in front of the reinforce.

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chase' in Verbs Frequency: #696

Anagrams for chase »

1. aches, e-cash, ecash

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chase in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of chase in a Sentence

1. Vaclav Kozubik:

   The tradition is beautiful, we enjoy it, we run away from those devils, they chase us, it is awesome.

2. Aneesa McMillan:

   They know we are working hard. It's kind of a chase. They pop up wherever we may be doing our work.

3. Assyrian Proverb:

   Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'. (If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.)

4. Med Jones:

   Over the long term, if government revenues continue to be less than the expenditures (deficit), then the economic health of the country worsens because this will result in accumulated debt. An increasing government debt will result in higher interest payments, and less money available for socioeconomic development. To pay for the debt, the government will have to raise taxes, which will reduce the competitive position of the country in the global economy and chase investors away resulting in less economic activities and more job losses. In order to avoid higher unemployment and social instability, the government have to raise more debt to fund spending and welfare support by raising the interest rate which will increase the cost of money, reduce corporate profits and slow economic investments, thus resulting in more job losses and reduced government revenues, despite income tax increases. It is what I call a vicious economic cycle.

5. Toshi Nishimura:

   Collaborations with citizen scientists are getting increasingly important because they can become mobile sensors that chase interesting aurora easily and catch new features that scientists didnt notice before.

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