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Definitions for Chasing

[1] a design chased on metal.
[2] an object decorated by chasing.
[3] to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
[4] to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
[5] 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.
[6] to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
[7] to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
[8] to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
[9] the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
[10] an object of pursuit; something chased.
[11] Chiefly British . a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
[12] British . the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
[13] a steeplechase.
[14] the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
[15] give chase , to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
[16] to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing.
[17] to cut (a screw thread), as with a chaser or machine tool.
[18] to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly
[19] (tr; often foll by out, away, or off) to force to run (away); drive (out)
[20] (tr) informal to court (a member of the opposite sex) in an unsubtle manner
[21] (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
[22] (intr) informal to hurry; rush
[23] the act of chasing; pursuit
[24] any quarry that is pursued
[25] British an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted
[26] British the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others
[27] the chase the act or sport of hunting
[28] short for steeplechase
[29] real tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again
[30] cut to the chase informal , mainly US to start talking about the important aspects of something
[31] give chase to pursue (a person, animal, or thing) actively
[32] printing a rectangular steel or cast-iron frame into which metal type and blocks making up pages are locked for printing or plate-making
[33] the part of a gun barrel from the front of the trunnions to the muzzle
[34] a groove or channel, esp one that is cut in a wall to take a pipe, cable, etc
[35] Also: chamfer to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc)
[36] Also: enchase to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing
[37] to form or finish (a screw thread) with a chaser

Words related to Chasing

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

Words nearby Chasing

chas., chase, chase mortise, chaser, chasid, chasing, chasles, chasm, chasmogamous, chasmogamy, chasse gardée

Origin of Chasing

e31400–50; late Middle English chased (past participle); aphetic variant of enchase

Words that may be confused with Chasing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, chasecelibate, chased, chaste, chest

Other words from Chasing

chase·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Chasing

eC14: from Old French enchasser enchase

Synonyms for Chasing

drive, drive away, expel, follow, go after, hound, hunt, run down, rush, tear, track, trail, charge, chivy, course, seek, shag, speed, bird-dog, take off after, track down