Chase

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A groove cut in an object; a slot.
  • noun. A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.
  • noun. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
  • noun. The cavity of a mold.
  • transitive verb. To groove; indent.
  • transitive verb. To cut (the thread of a screw).
  • transitive verb. To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
  • intransitive verb. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue.
  • intransitive verb. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt.
  • intransitive verb. To seek the favor or company of persistently.
  • intransitive verb. To put to flight; drive.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.
  • intransitive verb. To swing at and miss (a pitch, especially one out of the strike zone).
  • intransitive verb. To go or follow in pursuit.
  • intransitive verb. To go hurriedly; rush.
  • noun. The act of chasing; pursuit.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The hunting of game.
  • noun. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.
  • noun. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.
  • idiom. (chase (one's) tail) To exert oneself vigorously but ineffectually.
  • idiom. (give chase) To engage in pursuit of quarry.
  • noun. A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In printing, a square and open framework of iron, in which forms of type are secured by furniture and quoins for moving and for working on the press.
  • noun. The part of a gun between the trunnions and the swell of the muzzle, or, in modern guns in which the muzzle has no swell, the whole of that part of the gun which is in front of the trunnions.
  • noun. A groove cut in any object: as, the chase of a water-wheel; a chase in the face of a wall of masonry; the chase or groove for the arrow in a crossbow.
  • noun. In ship-building, that kind of joint by which the overlapping joints of clincher-built boats are gradually converted at the stem and stern into flush joints, as in carvel-built boats.
  • noun. The circular trough of a cider-mill, in which the apples are placed to be crushed by a revolving stone called the runner.
  • noun. A trench made to receive drain-tiles.
  • To pursue for the purpose of capturing or killing, as game; hunt.
  • To pursue for any purpose; follow earnestly, especially with hostile intent; drive off by pursuing: as, to chase an enemy.
  • To pursue; continue.
  • To pursue; follow in pursuit.
  • Specifically Of a hunting-dog, to leave a point for the purpose of pursuing the game. To move briskly or steadily along; hasten: as, the dog kept chasing ahead of us.
  • To push the bottle toward one and thus call upon him to fill up his glass.
  • To exceed a given customary standard of production.
  • noun. Pursuit for the purpose of obtaining, capturing, or killing; specifically, hunting: as, to be fond of the chase; beasts of the chase.
  • noun. Pursuit, as of one's desires; eager efforts to attain or obtain: as, the chase of pleasure, profit, fame, etc.
  • noun. That which is pursued or hunted
  • noun. A vessel pursued by another: as, the chase outsailed us.
  • noun. The body of men pursuing game.
  • noun. An open piece of ground or other place reserved for animals to be hunted as game, and belonging to a private proprietor: properly differing from a forest, in that the latter is not private property and is invested with privileges, and from a park, in that the latter is inclosed.
  • noun. In the game of tennis, the spot where a ball falls, beyond which an opponent must strike his ball or lose a point.
  • noun. In old English law, a franchise authorizing a subject to whom it was granted to hunt
  • noun. The conical apex of a spinning-machine cop or bobbin, or the extent of the traverse of the winding-faller wire on a spinning-mule. Sometimes called the nose.
  • noun. In carpentry, a score or shallow cut in a mortise.
  • Word Usage
    "Mansell was third in the title chase with Piquet fourth, the top four covered by 17 points."
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    Pol.  chief justice  court  cut  frame  
    Rhyme
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    Ace  Grace  Mace  Race  ace  
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    adventure  combat  contest  dance  fight  
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    cannon  
    verb-form
    chased  chases  chasing