chase : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chase	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for chase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chase n the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" Synonym(s): pursuit, chase, pursual, following United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) Synonym(s): Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time v go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" Synonym(s): chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track pursue someone sexually or romantically Synonym(s): chase, chase after cut a groove into; "chase silver" cut a furrow into a columns Synonym(s): furrow, chamfer, chase
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chase \Chase\, n. [F. ch[a0]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. 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re[89]nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See {Cannon}. 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chase \Chase\, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]This mad chase of fame.[b8] --Dryden. You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. 2. That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. 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.] 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. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chase \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chased}; 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. We are those which chased you from the field. --Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. --Cowper. 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. Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. --Knolles. 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chase \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Chase, AK (CDP, FIPS 12350) Location: 62.44907 N, 150.10176 W Population (1990): 38 (54 housing units) Area: 93.5 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) Chase, KS (city, FIPS 12650) Location: 38.35567 N, 98.34840 W Population (1990): 577 (285 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67524 Chase, MI Zip code(s): 49623