Sekirov Dictionary

chase

/t͡ʃeɪs/

verb14

  1. to follow someone or something fast, trying to catch them
  2. To pursue.
  3. To hunt.
  4. To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
  5. To seek to attain.
  6. To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
  7. (informal) To persistently pursue someone as a sexual or romantic partner.
  8. To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser.
  9. To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
  10. To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
  11. To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
  12. To groove; indent.
  13. To cut (the thread of a screw).
  14. To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

noun17

  1. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
  2. A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
  3. A children's game where one player chases another.
  4. (UK) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
  5. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
  6. A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
  7. The cavity of a mold.
  8. One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
  9. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
  10. A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.
  11. A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
  12. The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
  13. 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 the ball in order to gain a point.
  14. Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
  15. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
  16. 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.
  17. (no longer used) A wild animal that is hunted.
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Phrases with chase

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