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Definitions for Chase

[1] to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
[2] to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
[3] 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.
[4] to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
[5] to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
[6] to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
[7] the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
[8] an object of pursuit; something chased.
[9] Chiefly British . a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
[10] British . the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
[11] a steeplechase.
[12] the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
[13] give chase , to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
[14] cut to the chase , Informal . to get to the main point.
[15] a rectangular iron frame in which composed type is secured or locked for printing or platemaking.
[16] Building Trades . a space or groove in a masonry wall or through a floor for pipes or ducts.
[17] a groove, furrow, or trench; a lengthened hollow.
[18] Ordnance . the part of a gun in front of the trunnions. the part containing the bore.
[19] to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing.
[20] to cut (a screw thread), as with a chaser or machine tool.
[21] Mary Ellen, 1887–1973, U.S. educator, novelist, and essayist.
[22] Sal·mon Portland [sal -muh  n] /ˈsæl mən/ , 1808–73, U.S. jurist and statesman: secretary of the treasury 1861–64; chief justice of the U.S. 1864–73.
[23] Samuel, 1741–1811, U.S. jurist and leader in the American Revolution: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1796–1811.
[24] Stuart, 1888–1985, U.S. economist and writer.
[25] to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly
[26] (tr; often foll by out, away, or off) to force to run (away); drive (out)
[27] (tr) informal to court (a member of the opposite sex) in an unsubtle manner
[28] (tr often foll by up ) informal to pursue persistently and energetically in order to obtain results, information, etc chase up the builders and get a delivery date
[29] (intr) informal to hurry; rush
[30] the act of chasing; pursuit
[31] any quarry that is pursued
[32] British an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted
[33] British the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others
[34] the chase the act or sport of hunting
[35] short for steeplechase
[36] real tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again
[37] cut to the chase informal , mainly US to start talking about the important aspects of something
[38] give chase to pursue (a person, animal, or thing) actively
[39] printing a rectangular steel or cast-iron frame into which metal type and blocks making up pages are locked for printing or plate-making
[40] the part of a gun barrel from the front of the trunnions to the muzzle
[41] a groove or channel, esp one that is cut in a wall to take a pipe, cable, etc
[42] Also: chamfer to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc)
[43] Also: enchase to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing
[44] to form or finish (a screw thread) with a chaser

Words related to Chase

quest, hunt, race, tear, rush, expel, drive, trail, track, follow, hound, hunting, speed, course, charge, seek, chivy, shag, venery, bird-dog

Words nearby Chase

charvet, charwoman, chary, charybdis, chas., chase, chase mortise, chaser, chasid, chasing, chasles

Origin of Chase

31400–50; late Middle English chased (past participle); aphetic variant of enchase

Words that may be confused with Chase

celibate, chased, chaste, chest

Other words from Chase

chase·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Chase

C14: from Old French enchasser enchase

Synonyms for Chase

hunt, quest, race, hunting, venery