chase

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

chasser

poursuivre

jagen

cacciare

caccia

inseguire

perseguir

pourchasser

perseguir

chasse

verfolgen

Jagd

jacht

empaitar

aandrijven

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃeɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chacen

Cognate with French: chasser

Cognate with Spanish: cazar

Cognate with Portuguese: caçar

Cognate with Norwegian: skysse

Cognate with Old English: ōht

Cognate with Old English: 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.

Sentences

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