Definition of Chase

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Definition of Chase

Chase

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

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.

To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.

To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.

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.

That which is pursued or hunted.

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.

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.

A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.

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.

To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.

To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

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Chase Quotations

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
Colin Powell

Chase your passion, not your pension.
Denis Waitley

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
Clarence Darrow

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
Gore Vidal

I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.
Chevy Chase

They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase.
Chevy Chase

I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them.
Tom Cruise

Only the mad girls chase me, I think.
Prince William

Chase Translations

chase in Dutch is nastreven, najagen
chase in French is chassez, chassons, poursuivre, pousser, chasser
chase in German is Verfolgung, Verfolgung, Jagd
chase in Italian is inseguimento, cacciare, caccia
chase in Norwegian is jage
chase in Swedish is jaga, ciselera, jakt

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