chase

Plural: chases

Noun

• the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
• United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
• a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
• The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
• A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
• A children's game where one player chases another.
• A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
• Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
• A wild animal that is hunted.
• Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
• The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
• 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 the ball in order to gain a point.
• One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
• A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.
• A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
• A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
• A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
• The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
• The cavity of a mold.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: chased, chasing, chases

• To pursue someone or something, often to catch them.
• go after with the intent to catch
  • "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"
  • "the dog chased the rabbit"
• pursue someone sexually or romantically
• cut a groove into
  • "chase silver"
• cut a furrow into a columns
• To pursue.
• To follow at speed.
• To pursue.
• To hunt.
• To pursue.
• To seek to attain.
• To pursue.
• To persistently pursue someone as a sexual or romantic partner.
• To pursue.
• To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
• To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser.
• To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
• To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
• To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
• To groove; indent.
• To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
• To cut (the thread of a screw).
• To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

Examples

• Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.
• chase the pipe
• He had to CHASE after the elusive ’Q’ in the bag to complete his desired word.
• He spends all his free time chasing girls.
• I need something to chase this shot with.
• Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.
• The rally chased the starter.
• The team are chasing their first home win this season.

Synonyms

chamfer, chase after, dog, following, furrow, give chase, go after, pursual, pursuit, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase, tag, tail, track, trail, game, pursue

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