Chase

Chase  (chs), Salmon Portland 1808-1873.

American jurist who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1864-1873). He presided over the trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868).

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chase ¹  (chs)

v. chased, chas·ing, chas·es

v.tr.

1. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue: chased the thief.

2. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt: chase foxes.

3. To seek the favor or company of persistently: chased me until I agreed to a date.

4. To put to flight; drive: chased the dog away.

5. Baseball To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.

v.intr.

1. To go or follow in pursuit.

2. Informal To go hurriedly; rush: chased all over looking for us.

n.

1. The act of chasing; pursuit.

2.

a. The hunting of game: the thrill of the chase.

b. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry.

3. Chiefly British

a. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.

b. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.

Idiom:

give chase

To engage in pursuit of quarry: Police gave chase to the speeding car.

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[Middle English chasen, to hunt, from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captire, from Latin captre, to catch; see catch.]

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chase ²  (chs)

n. Printing

A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.

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[Perhaps from French châsse, case, reliquary, from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.]

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chase ³  (chs)

n.

1.

a. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.

b. A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.

2. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.

3. The cavity of a mold.

tr.v. chased, chas·ing, chas·es

1. To groove; indent.

2. To cut (the thread of a screw).

3. To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

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[Possibly from obsolete French chas, groove, enclosure, from Old French, from Latin capsa, box. V., variant of enchase.]

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chase ¹

Verb

[chasing, chased]

1. to pursue (a person or animal) persistently or quickly

2. to force (a person or animal) to leave a place

3. Informal to court (someone) in an unsubtle manner

4. Informal to rush or run: chasing around the world

5. Informal to pursue (something or someone) energetically in order to obtain results or information

Noun

the act or an instance of chasing a person or animal [Latin capere to take]

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chase ²

Verb

[chasing, chased] to engrave or emboss (metal) [Old French enchasser]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chase - the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" pursual, pursuit, following movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" tracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind shadowing, tailing - the act of following someone secretly stalking, stalk - the act of following prey stealthily
	2.	Chase - United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase
	3.	chase - a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time frame - the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
Verb	1.	chase - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" dog, give chase, go after, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag tree - chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" quest - search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested" hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" run down - pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive" chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
	2.	chase - pursue someone sexually or romantically chase after court, romance, solicit, woo - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
	3.	chase - cut a groove into; "chase silver" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	4.	chase - cut a furrow into a columns chamfer, furrow cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

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chase

verb 1. pursue, follow, track, hunt, run after, course

verb 2. drive away, drive, expel, hound, send away, send packing, put to flight

3. (Informal) rush, run, race, shoot, fly, speed, dash, sprint, bolt, dart, hotfoot

noun 4. pursuit, race, hunt, hunting

Translations

chase [tʃeɪs] vt (= pursue) → perseguir (= hunt); cazar

n → persecución f; caza;

to chase after → correr tras

chase up vt [+ information] → tratar de conseguir;

to chase sb up about sth → recordar algo a algn

chase [tʃeɪs] vt → poursuivre, pourchasser;

(also: chase away) → chasser

n → poursuite f, chasse f

chase down vt (US) = chase up

chase up vt (Brit) [+ person]; relancer: [+ information]; rechercher

chase [tʃeɪs] vt → jagen, verfolgen;

(also: chase away) → wegjagen, vertreiben;

(business, job etc) → her sein hinter +dat (inf)

n → Verfolgungsjagd f

chase down chase (US) vt = chase up

chase up chase (Brit) vt (person) → rankriegen (inf);

(information) → ranschaffen (inf)

chase [tʃeɪs] vt → inseguire;

(also: chase away) → cacciare

n → caccia

chase down vt (US) = chase up

chase up vt (BRIT) [+ person]; scovare: [+ information]; scoprire, raccogliere

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chase

v chase [tʃeis]

1 to run after; to pursue He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car. agtervolg يُطارِد преследвам honit, pronásledovat forfølge; jage jagen κυνηγώ, καταδιώκω perseguir taga ajama تعقیب کردن ajaa takaa poursuivre לִרדוֹף पीछा करना proganjati, loviti üldöz mengejar elta dare la caccia a 追跡する 뒤쫓다 vytis, persekioti dzīties pakaļ; vajāt kejar achternazitten løpe/jage etter, forfølge ścigać perseguir a urmări гнаться prenasledovať, hnať sa loviti; zasledovati juriti jaga, förfölja ไล่ตาม kovalamak, peşinden koşmak 追逐 наздоганяти; переслідувати پیچھا کرنا ، تعاقب کرنا đuổi theo; săn đuổi 追逐

2 (with away, ~off etc) to cause to run away I often have to chase the boys away from my fruit trees. wegjaag يُلاحِق، يُطارِد، يَتَعَقَّب прогонвам zahnat jage verjagen διώχνω ahuyentar minema kihutama فراری دادن؛ دور کردن ajaa tiehensä chasser לְהַברִיח भगाना natjerati, otjerati (el)kerget mengusir reka (í burtu) cacciare 追い払う 쫓아내다 vyti (šalin) izdzīt; padzīt halau wegjagen jage bort/ut odgonić afugentar a goni прогонять odháňať pregnati oterati jaga bort ขับไล่ kov(ala)mak 驅逐 гнати پیچھے دوڑنا xua đuổi 驱逐

n

1 an act of chasing We caught him after a 120 kph chase. agtervolging مُطارَدَه، مُلاحَقَه преследване stíhání, honění jagt; forfølgelse die Verfolgung καταδίωξη persecución tagaajamine تعقیب takaa-ajo poursuite מִרדָף पीछा lov, gonjenje üldözés pengejaran eftirför caccia 追跡 추격 vijimasis, persekiojimas vajāšana; pakaļdzīšanās mengejar achtervolging jakt, forfølgelse pogoń perseguição urmărire погоня prenasledovanie pregon potera jakt การไล่ตาม peşinde koşma, kovalama 追逐 переслідування پیچھا کرنے کا عمل sự truy đuổi 追逐

2 hunting (of animals) the pleasures of the chase. jag صَيْد، اصْطِياد лов lov, hon jagt die Jagd κυνήγι caza jaht شکار metsästys chasse צָיִד जावनरों के शिकार का खेल lov vadászat berburu dÿraveiðar caccia 狩猟 사냥 medžioklė dzīšana (medībās) memburu jacht jakt pościg, gonitwa caça vânătoare охота hon lov lov jakt การล่า av peşinde koşma 追獵 цькування, гін پیچھا کر کے شکار کرنا săn 追猎

give chase

to chase The thieves ran off and the policeman gave chase. agternasit يُطارِد، يُلاحِق подгонвам pronásledovat optage forfølgelse die Verfolgung aufnehmen παίρνω στο κυνήγι salir en persecución de alguien/algo järele kihutama تعقیب کردن ryhtyä takaa-ajoon poursuivre לִרְדוֹף पीछा करना dati se u lov üldözőbe vesz mengejar elta, veita eftirför dare la caccia, inseguire 追跡する 추적하다 nusivyti dzīties pakaļ mengejar achtervolgen sette etter, oppta forfølgelsen gonić perseguir a urmări преследовать prenasledovať zasledovati koga juriti sätta efter การไล่ตาม kovalamak, peşine düşmek 追擊 переслідувати تعاقب کرنا sự đuổi theo 追击