[tʃ_ˈeɪ_s], [t͡ʃˈe͡ɪs], [tʃˈeɪs]
Definitions of chase
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cut a furrow into a columns
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pursue someone sexually or romantically
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the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; " the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
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cut a groove into; " chase silver"
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go after with the intent to catch; " The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; " the dog chased the rabbit"
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To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
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To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
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To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
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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.
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That which is pursued or hunted.
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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.
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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.
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A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
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The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
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A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.
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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.
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To ornament ( a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.
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To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
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To drive away.
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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.
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To pursue; especially, to hunt; drive away; to decorate, as a metal surface, by embossing, engraving, etc.; to cut, as the thread of a screw.
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To follow in pursuit.
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Eager pursuit; hunting, especially of wild beasts; that which is hunted.
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To pursue: to hunt: to drive away.
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Pursuit: a hunting: that which is hunted: ground abounding in game.
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To incase: to emboss.
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A case or frame for holding types: a groove.
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A frame for types.
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Pursuit; hunting.
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To emboss or engrave for ornament.
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To pursue; drive away.
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To follow with intent to catch; pursue; hunt.
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To ornament by embossing.
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Earnest pursuit.
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That which is pursued.
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Hunting; hunters collectively; the hunt.
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A private game - preserve.
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A frame into which type is fastened, as for printing.
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Earnest pursuit; hunting; that which is chased; ground stored with deer and other game beasts.
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A frame used by printers to confine types, when set in columns or pages; a wide groove; the length of a gun in front of the trunnions; a term in the game of tennis. Chase guns, those guns which have their ports at the head or stern, used in chasing or in defence when chased.
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To enchase; to emboss; to cut into the form of a screw.
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Sometimes spelt chace, eager or vehement pursuit; hunting; an earnest seeking after, as pleasure, fame, & c.; the thing sought for or hunted; open ground or retreat for the larger game.
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To pursue eagerly; to drive away; to follow eagerly after, as pleasure, profit, & c.
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To work or emboss plate as silversmiths do.
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An iron frame in which to confine types.
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Usage examples for chase
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It's no use to chase him round and round, and if you drive him out into the street, he'll run away. – Half a Dozen Girls by Anna Chapin Ray
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Thou lead such evil men a merry chase – A Boy's Ride by Gulielma Zollinger
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The Indians of the island joined in the chase and were as dexterous as any. – Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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All the bad luck we met with, was that the sheep that we had in chase got off. – Robinson Crusoe In Words of One Syllable by Mary Godolphin
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Should he escape, all of the other players give chase the one catching him becoming bear. – Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie H. Bancroft
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I realize that more every day, Madam Chase – Mrs. Red Pepper by Grace S. Richmond
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Then why did they chase you last night? – Arsene Lupin by Edgar Jepson Maurice Leblanc
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Lord, what a chase I had! – Her Mother's Secret by Emma D. E. N. Southworth
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The chase immediately took advantage of it to alter her course. – The Three Lieutenants by W.H.G. Kingston
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The foolish thing let him chase it under the bed, and he was half way under and half way out when Grandpa opened the bedroom door. – Sunny Boy in the Country by Ramy Allison White
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He'll not fail, though now He follow far the chase upon his foes. – The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
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Well, you don't get out; and now for a chase – Queer-Little-Folks by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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But I think you will have been at the Duke's manor of that name; and it was the hunting- lodge on the edge of the chase that I had in mind. – The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton
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Come along in my taxi and watch me chase a story." – Swirling Waters by Max Rittenberg
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But you've given us a chase – Corporal Cameron by Ralph Connor
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The yacht has given chase – The Golden Canyon Contents: The Golden Canyon; The Stone Chest by G. A. Henty
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Now that the first excitement of the chase was over, few of them wanted to risk a battle with desperate men in the dark. – Steve Yeager by William MacLeod Raine
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Mr. Knight would chase everybody away. – The Golden Silence by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
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Amos Chase had ideas of his own about the proper bringing up of children, and the respect due from them to their elders. – Turn About Eleanor by Ethel M. Kelley
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We can't chase him away. – Lifted Masks Stories by Susan Glaspell