nnoun.persona person who is being chasedSynset:pursued
Examples:- the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued
Hypernyms:hunted person
Inherited Hypernyms:pursuedhunted personvictimunfortunatepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:pursuedhunted personvictimunfortunatepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.motiongo after with the intent to catchSynset:chase 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 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 chase furrow
Derivationally Related Form:chamfer
Hypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:furrowcutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something