nnoun.actthe act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or captureSynset:following pursual pursuit
Examples:- the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
Derivationally Related Form:chasepursuefollow
Hypernyms:motion move movement
Inherited Hypernyms:pursuitmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:shadowingstalkstalkingtailingtrackingtrailing
Full Hyponyms:shadowingstalktrailing
nnoun.personUnited States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)Synset:Chase Salmon P. Chase Salmon Portland Chase
Instance Hypernyms:chief justice pol political leader politician politico
Inherited Hypernyms:chasechief justicejudgeadjudicatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:chasechief justicejudgeadjudicatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:chasechief justicejudgeofficialskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:chasechief justicejudgeofficialskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:chasepoliticianleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:chasepoliticianleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one timeHypernyms:frame
Inherited Hypernyms:chaseframeframeworksupporting structurestructureartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.motiongo after with the intent to catchSynset:chase after dog give chase go after tag tail track trail
Examples:- The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
- the dog chased the rabbit
Derivationally Related Form:chasetailtailingchasertrackertagtracktrailingtracking
Hypernyms:follow pursue
Inherited Hypernyms:chasepursuetravel
Direct Hyponyms:houndhuntquestrun downtracetree
Full Troponyms:ferrethoundquestrun downtree
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The men --- the area for animals (apply to: track) | They --- the car down the avenue (apply to: chase, trail, chase after) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: tail, go after, dog)
vverb.socialpursue someone sexually or romanticallySynset:chase after
Derivationally Related Form:chase
Hypernyms:court romance solicit woo
Inherited Hypernyms:chasewooact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: chase, chase after)
vverb.contactcut a groove intoHypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:chasecutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactcut a furrow into a columnsSynset:chamfer furrow
Derivationally Related Form:chamfer
Hypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:furrowcutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something