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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chase1 /tʃeɪs/USA pronunciation v., chased, chas•ing, n. v. - to follow rapidly or intently in order to overtake, etc.;
pursue: [~ + object]The police chased the thief down the street.[~ + after + object]They chased after the thief. - to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, etc.: [~ + object]He's been chasing that job for years.[~ + after + object]He's been chasing after my job.
- [~ + object] to drive or send out by force: The dog chased the cat out of the room.
- [no object* often: ~ + around (+ verb-ing)] to rush;
hasten: She was chasing around all afternoon looking for a gift. n. [countable] - the act of chasing;
pursuit:I gave up the chase and went home. Idioms- Idioms give chase, to go in pursuit:In a few minutes other police patrols gave chase.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chase1 (chās),USA pronunciation v., chased, chas•ing, n. v.t. - to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.:The police officer chased the thief.
- to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game;
hunt:to chase deer. - to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.:He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.
- to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment:She chased the cat out of the room.
v.i. - to follow in pursuit:to chase after someone.
- to rush or hasten:We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
n. - the act of chasing;
pursuit:The chase lasted a day. - an object of pursuit;
something chased. - British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a private game preserve;
a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted. - British Termsthe right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
- a steeplechase.
- Idioms cut to the chase, [Informal.]to get to the main point.
- give chase, to pursue:The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
- the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
- Vulgar Latin *captiāre; see catch
- Middle French chasser to hunt, Old French chacier
- Middle English chacen 1250–1300
chase′a•ble, adj. - 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged oust, rout, scatter.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hunt, quest.
chase2 (chās),USA pronunciation n. - Printinga rectangular iron frame in which composed type is secured or locked for printing or platemaking.
- Buildinga space or groove in a masonry wall or through a floor for pipes or ducts.
- a groove, furrow, or trench;
a lengthened hollow. - [Ordn.]
- the part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
- the part containing the bore.
- Late Latin capsus (masculine), capsum (neuter) fully or partly enclosed space, variant of capsa case2
- Middle French chas, chasse
- 1570–80
chase3 (chās),USA pronunciation v.t., chased, chas•ing. - to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing.
- to cut (a screw thread), as with a chaser or machine tool.
- 1400–50; late Middle English chased (past participle); aphetic variant of enchase
Chase (chās),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Mary Ellen, 1887–1973, U.S. educator, novelist, and essayist.
Sal•mon Portland (sal′mən),USA pronunciation 1808–73, U.S. jurist and statesman: secretary of the Treasury 1861–64; Chief Justice of the U.S. 1864–73.- Biographical Samuel, 1741–1811, U.S. jurist and leader in the American Revolution: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1796–1811.
- Biographical Stuart, 1888–1985, U.S. economist and writer.
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