chase

chase

chase¹ [chās]

vt.

chased, chasing [ME chacen, cacchen: see CATCH]

1. to follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm

2. to run after; follow; pursue

3. to seek after

4. to make run away; drive

5. to hunt (game)

6. Slang to court aggressively

vi.

1. to go in pursuit [to chase after him]

2. Informal to go hurriedly; rush [to chase around town]

n.

1. the act of chasing; pursuit

2.

a) the hunting of game for sport: often with the

b) anything hunted; quarry

3. Brit.

a) an unenclosed game preserve: distinguished from PARK

b) a license to hunt over a specified area or to keep animals there as game

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give chase

to chase; pursue

chase² [chās]

n.

[Fr chas, needle's eye < OFr < VL * capsum < L capsa: see CASE²]

1. a groove; furrow

2. the bore of a gun barrel

3. a groove or recess in a wall, made to provide space as for a pipe or conduit

4. a rectangular metal frame in which pages or columns of type are locked

vt.

chased, chasing

to make a groove in

chase³ [chās]

vt.

chased, chasing [aphetic for ENCHASE]

to ornament (metal) by engraving, embossing, etc.