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The Meaning of chase
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(v. t.) To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
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(v. i.) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
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(v.) 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.
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(v.) That which is pursued or hunted.
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(v.) 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.
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(v.) 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.
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(n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
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(n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
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(n.) A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.
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(n.) 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.
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(v. t.) To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.
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(v. t.) To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
Synonyms
sideline
,
quest
,
pursuance
,
following
,
pastime
,
pursual
,
spare-time activity
,
avocation
,
followers
,
hobby
,
by-line
,
pursuit
,
interest
,
give chase
,
quest for
,
traverse
,
pass over
,
chase after
,
cut through
,
cover
,
shack
,
chamfer
,
mark
,
get over
,
drop back
,
cut across
,
tail
,
furrow
,
go after
,
get across
,
trail
,
train
,
bob
,
get behind
,
label
,
dog
,
track
,
pursue
,
cross
,
tag
,
quest after
,
drag
,
dock
,
hang back
,
drop behind
,
wrinkle
,
bevel
,
crease
,
groove
,
rut
,
follow
,
accompany
,
come after
,
obey
,
attend
,
copy
,
heed
,
observe
,
result
,
ensue
,
imitate
,
practise
,
succeed
Homophones
chace
Rhymes
ace
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aerospace
,
airspace
,
anyplace
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apace
,
arianespace
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base
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bass
,
birthplace
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boldface
,
bookcase
,
brace
,
briefcase
,
caisse
,
case
,
cayce
,
chace
,
commonplace
,
crace
,
cyberspace
,
dace
,
database
,
debase
,
deface
,
degrace
,
diabase
,
diastase
,
disgrace
,
displace
,
efface
,
embrace
,
encase
,
erase
,
everyplace
,
face
,
fireplace
,
footrace
,
frace
,
glace
,
grace
,
heyse
,
incase
,
interface
,
interlace
,
lace
,
lactase
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lambastes
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left-brace
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lovelace
,
mace
,
mais
,
marketplace
,
misplace
,
nace
,
orthoclase
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outpace
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pace
,
place
,
plagioclase
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polymerase
,
race
,
replace
,
retrace
,
right-brace
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scarface
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shoelace
,
showcase
,
showplace
,
someplace
,
space
,
staircase
,
steeplechase
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streptokinase
,
suitcase
,
thrace
,
trace
,
typeface
,
vase
,
wace
,
wheelbase
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workplace