Noun
- 1. pursuit, chase, pursual, following, motion, movement, move
- usage: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
- 2. Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase
- usage: United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
- 3. chase, frame
- usage: a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
Verb
- 1. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track, pursue, follow
- usage: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
- 2. chase, chase after, woo, court, romance, solicit
- usage: pursue someone sexually or romantically
- 3. chase, cut
- usage: cut a groove into; "chase silver"
- 4. furrow, chamfer, chase, cut
- usage: cut a furrow into a columns
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