CHASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chase mean? 

• CHASE (noun)
  The noun CHASE has 3 senses:

1. the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

2. United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

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

  Familiarity information: CHASE used as a noun is uncommon.

• CHASE (verb)
  The verb CHASE has 4 senses:

1. go after with the intent to catch

2. pursue someone sexually or romantically

3. cut a groove into

4. cut a furrow into a columns

  Familiarity information: CHASE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chase; following; pursual; pursuit

Context example:

the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit

Hypernyms ("chase" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chase"):

tracking; trailing (the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind)

shadowing; tailing (the act of following someone secretly)

stalk; stalking (the act of following prey stealthily)

Derivation:

chase (go after with the intent to catch)

chase (pursue someone sexually or romantically)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chase; Salmon P. Chase; Salmon Portland Chase

Instance hypernyms:

chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chase" is a kind of...):

frame (the framework for a pair of eyeglasses)

• CHASE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they chase    ... he / she / it chases   
Past simple: chased   
Past participle: chased   
-ing form: chasing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go after with the intent to catch

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

chase; chase after; dog; give chase; go after; tag; tail; track; trail

Context example:

the dog chased the rabbit

Hypernyms (to "chase" is one way to...):

follow; pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chase"):

tree (chase an animal up a tree)

quest (search the trail of (game))

hound; hunt; trace (pursue or chase relentlessly)

run down (pursue until captured)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They chase the car down the avenue

Also:

chase away (force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings)

Derivation:

chase (the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture)

chaser (a drink to follow immediately after another drink)

chaser (a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pursue someone sexually or romantically

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

chase; chase after

Hypernyms (to "chase" is one way to...):

court; romance; solicit; woo (make amorous advances towards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot chase Sue

Derivation:

chase (the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cut a groove into

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

chase silver

Hypernyms (to "chase" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cut a furrow into a columns

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

chamfer; chase; furrow

Hypernyms (to "chase" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

It is der way der rich peoples chases after der appetite when it is no more and is running away.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life and my endeavours for contentment.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“Our friend here is a wonderful man for starting a chase. All he wants is an old dog to help him to do the running down.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Presently she began to fetch more and more to the westward, so that I thought they had sighted me and were going about in chase.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Wolf Larsen was steering, his eyes glistening and snapping as they dwelt upon and leaped from detail to detail of the chase.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"I used to chase a lot before I tackled the books. But since then there's no time."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The scientists rated each session based on the number of minutes of courtship by the male – shown by sustained hovering near or actively chasing the females.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

The twelve huntsmen always followed the king to the chase, and his liking for them continually increased.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

But the china girl cried out: Don't chase me! Don't chase me!

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)