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Chase   /tʃeɪs/   Listen
Chase

noun
1.
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.  Synonyms: following, pursual, pursuit.
2.
United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873).  Synonyms: Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase.
3.
A rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time.
verb
(past & past part. chased; pres. part. chasing)
1.
Go after with the intent to catch.  Synonyms: chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail.  "The dog chased the rabbit"
2.
Pursue someone sexually or romantically.  Synonym: chase after.
3.
Cut a groove into.
4.
Cut a furrow into a columns.  Synonyms: chamfer, furrow.



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"Chase" Quotes from Famous Books



... of light—two more—blinking, following the erratic course by the pull of the stream. All bobbing along toward the rugged coastline of the islet. Those had appeared out of nothingness as suddenly as the globes when this chase had begun. ...
— Star Hunter • Andre Alice Norton
... reception of its gayly dressed proprietor. The father took upon himself this duty, and many times during the day the above-mentioned scene was reenacted, loud blackbird calls, husky baby notes, the musical war-cry of the oriole, and a chase. ...
— In Nesting Time • Olive Thorne Miller
... simply: 'tis to see Some substance casts these shadows Which we call Life and History, That aimless seem to chase and flee Like wind-gleams ...
— Barbara's Heritage - Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters • Deristhe L. Hoyt
... again upon the mossy rocks as its roar dies away; the dew gushing from their thick branches through drooping clusters of emerald herbage, and sparkling in white threads along the dark rocks of the shore, feeding the lichens which chase and checker them with purple and silver. I believe, when you have stood by this for half an hour, you will have discovered that there is something more in nature than has been given by Ruysdael. Probably you will not be ...
— Modern Painters Volume I (of V) • John Ruskin
... indeed expected it was the biggest he had ever experienced. He was now in England, hunting—"hunting round" Henrietta called it. These amusements were those of the American red men; we had left that behind long ago, the pleasures of the chase. It seemed to be generally believed in England that we wore tomahawks and feathers; but such a costume was more in keeping with English habits. Mr. Bantling would not have time to join her in Italy, but when she should ...
— The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2 (of 2) • Henry James


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