Collins English-English Dictionary

chase [tʃeɪs]

1. 1. vb to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly

2. 2. vt. [tr; often foll by out, away, or off] to force to run (away); drive (out)

3. 3. vt. [tr] [informal] to court (a member of the opposite sex) in an unsubtle manner

4. 4. vt. [tr; often foll by up] [informal] to pursue persistently and energetically in order to obtain results, information, etc

   chase up the builders and get a delivery date

5. 5. vi. [intr] [informal] to hurry; rush

6. 6. n the act of chasing; pursuit

7. 7. n any quarry that is pursued

8. 8. n [Brit] an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted

9. 9. n [Brit] the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others

10. 10. n short for steeplechase

11. 11. n [real tennis] a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again

12. 12. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiare (unattested), from Latin captare to pursue eagerly, from capere to take; see catch

chase [tʃeɪs]

1. 1. n [printing] a rectangular steel or cast-iron frame into which metal type and blocks making up pages are locked for printing or plate-making

2. 2. vt. [tr] chamfer to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc)

3. 3. n the part of a gun barrel from the front of the trunnions to the muzzle

4. 4. n a groove or channel, esp one that is cut in a wall to take a pipe, cable, etc

5. 5. vt. [Etymology] C17 (in the sense: frame for letterpress matter): probably from French châsse frame (in the sense: bore of a cannon, etc): from Old French chas enclosure, from Late Latin capsus pen for animals; both from Latin capsa case²

chase [tʃeɪs]

1. 1. vt. [tr] enchase to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing

2. 2. vt. to form or finish (a screw thread) with a chaser

3. 3. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French enchasser enchase