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chase [ chase ]

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Verb

1. Pursue in order to catch or catch up with.

the dog chased after the stick

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2. Seek to attain.

I decide in that moment to quit my job and to chase adventure full-time.

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3. Seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way.

"I don't golf, I don't fish, I'm too old to chase women, " he said.

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4. Drive or cause to go in a specified direction.

He said they were then chased out of the cemetery.

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5. Rush in a specified direction.

I'd chase along the street nearest the river, dodging out side streets to the riverbank.

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6. Try to obtain (something owed or required)

Creditors fall foul of the law if they chase up debts too frequently.

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7. Try to make contact with (someone) in order to obtain something owed or required.

I even chased people up to make sure they had sent their slips off.

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8. Make further investigation of an unresolved matter.

the cost of the police time needed to chase up every new offence

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Noun

1. An act of pursuing someone or something.

Thus followed a very hectic chase through the woods.

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2. short for steeplechase

A chase involves larger, rigid fences while a hurdle race is run over shorter, more flexible obstacles.

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3. (the chase) Hunting as a sport.

she was an ardent follower of the chase

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4. An area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting.

Cannock Chase is home to large populations of nocturnal animals, therefore we ask that you enjoy the forest during daylight hours only and allow the wildlife to recuperate without disturbance.

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5. A hunted animal.

Origin

1. Middle English from Old French chacier (verb), chace (noun), based on Latin captare ‘continue to take’, from capere ‘take’.

Verb

1. Engrave (metal, or a design on metal)

they didn't have foundries to cast or chase metal

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Origin

1. Late Middle English apparently from earlier enchase, from Old French enchasser.

Noun

1. (in letterpress printing) a metal frame for holding the composed type and blocks being printed at one time.

On to a perfectly level tabletop known as ‘the stone,’ he dropped a heavy metal chase.

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Origin

1. Late 16th century from French châsse, from Latin capsa ‘box’ (see case).

Noun

1. The part of a gun enclosing the bore.

Earlier models often had a molding, or at least a sharp discontinuity, between the reinforce and chase.

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2. A groove or furrow cut in the face of a wall or other surface to receive a pipe or wire.

You need to be able to drill down into the wall chase at the exact spot above your proposed "hole-in-the-wall."

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Origin

1. Early 17th century from French chas ‘enclosed space’, from Provençal cas, caus, from medieval Latin capsum ‘thorax or nave of a church’.

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