chase

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
2. (countable, uncountable) A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
3. (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
4. (British, countable, uncountable) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
5. (countable, uncountable) Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A wild animal that is hunted.
7. (countable, uncountable) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
8. (countable, uncountable) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
9. (countable, uncountable) 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 the ball in order to gain a point.
10. (countable, uncountable) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
11. (countable, uncountable) A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.

Verb

1. (transitive) To pursue.
2. (transitive) To pursue.
3. (transitive) To pursue.
4. (transitive) To pursue.
5. (transitive) To pursue.
6. (transitive) To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser.
7. (transitive) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
8. (transitive) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
9. (transitive) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

Verb

1. (transitive) To groove; indent.
2. (transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
3. (transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
4. (transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

Concepts

chasser

poursuivre

pourchasser

chasse

poursuite

pousser

renvoyer

rattraper

repousser

faire avancer

faire partir

fouetter

amener à

courir après

faire fuir

suite

pister

chicoter

courser

🛍️

faire la chasse

retrouving

ciseler

hâte

précipitation

sillonner

talonner

chassons

persécution

tirée

traque

bannir

Synonymes

pursue

hunt

follow

hunting

pursuit

drive

run after

drive away

chase away

persecute

go after

drive on

shoo

impel

prosecute

chase after

track

dog

🐕

expel

trail

propel

hound

actuate

catch

shooting

following

tag

push

drive off

tail

pursual

overtake

oust

chevy

thrust

dismiss

tool

send away

seek

🔍

furrow

course

groove

run down

emboss

drive out

catch up

repulse

chivy

chisel

carve

Traductions

jagen

cacciare

caccia

inseguire

perseguir

perseguir

verfolgen

Jagd

jacht

empaitar

caçar

opjagen

voortdrijven

aandrijven

drijven

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/t͡ʃeɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: chacen

Appartenant à français: chasser

Appartenant à espagnol: cazar

Appartenant à portugais: caçar

Appartenant à norvégien: skysse

Appartenant à ancien anglais: ōht

Appartenant à ancien anglais: huntaþ

In summary

From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”)
, see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”).
Doublet of catch and related to capture. Displaced native Old English ōht, ēhtnes, and wāþ. Broadly overtook Old English huntaþ.

Phrases

Wyatt wisely withdrew from the chase in favor of a more heavyweight suitor .

Wyatt s'est sagement retiré de la poursuite en faveur d'un prétendant plus lourd.