'Chase' definitions:

Definition of 'chase'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following]
noun
United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) [syn: Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase]
noun
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
Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track]
verb
Pursue someone sexually or romantically [syn: chase, chase after]
verb
Cut a groove into; "chase silver"
verb
Cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]

Definition of 'Chase'

From: GCIDE
  • Chase \Chase\, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chase'

From: GCIDE
  • Chase \Chase\, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See Chase, v.]
  • 1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. "This mad chase of fame." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is pursued or hunted. [1913 Webster]
  • Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point. [1913 Webster]
  • Chase gun (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued.
  • Chase port (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired.
  • Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.
  • cut to the chase (Film), a term used in action movies meaning, to shift the scene to the most exciting part, where someone is being chased. It is used metaphorically to mean "get to the main point". [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Chase'

From: GCIDE
  • Chase \Chase\ (ch[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased (ch[=a]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]
  • 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. [1913 Webster]
  • We are those which chased you from the field. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away. [1913 Webster]
  • Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. [1913 Webster]
  • Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chase'

From: GCIDE
  • Chase \Chase\, n. [F. ch['a]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See Case a box.] (Print.)
  • 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re["e]nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chase'

From: GCIDE
  • Chase \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.]
  • 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'chase'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Chase, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Chase, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000) :
41
Housing Units (2000) :
90
Land area (2000) :
92.903484 sq. miles (240.618909 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.623183 sq. miles (1.614037 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
93.526667 sq. miles (242.232946 sq. km)
FIPS code :
12350
Located within :
Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location :
62.422316 N, 150.077553 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Chase, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Chase, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
490
Housing Units (2000) :
222
Land area (2000) :
0.293148 sq. miles (0.759250 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.293148 sq. miles (0.759250 sq. km)
FIPS code :
12650
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
38.355682 N, 98.348743 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
67524
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Chase -- U.S. County in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Chase -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000) :
3030
Housing Units (2000) :
1529
Land area (2000) :
775.887075 sq. miles (2009.538213 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
2.122146 sq. miles (5.496332 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
778.009221 sq. miles (2015.034545 sq. km)
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
38.313664 N, 96.607734 W

Chase -- U.S. County in Nebraska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Chase -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
4068
Housing Units (2000) :
1927
Land area (2000) :
894.495131 sq. miles (2316.731656 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
3.139206 sq. miles (8.130506 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
897.634337 sq. miles (2324.862162 sq. km)
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
40.507192 N, 101.699405 W

Words containing 'Chase'