chase
1. the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture (Freq. 5)
- the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
• Syn:
pursuit, pursual, following
• Derivationally related forms:
follow (for: following), pursue (for: pursuit)
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move
• Hyponyms:
trailing, tracking, shadowing, tailing, stalk, stalking
2. a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
• Hypernyms:
frame
1. go after with the intent to catch (Freq. 10)
- The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
- the dog chased the rabbit
• Syn:
chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase,
dog, go after, track
• See Also:
tag along (for: tag), chase away
• Derivationally related forms:
track (for: track), tracker (for: track), tracking (for: track), tag (for: tag), tail (for: tail), tailing (for: tail), trailing (for: trail), chaser
• Hypernyms:
pursue, follow
• Hyponyms:
tree, quest, hound, hunt, trace, run down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They chase the car down the avenue
2. pursue someone sexually or romantically
• Syn:
chase after
• Hypernyms:
woo, court, romance, solicit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot chase Sue
3. cut a groove into
- chase silver
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. cut a furrow into a columns
• Syn:
furrow, chamfer
• Derivationally related forms:
chamfer (for: chamfer)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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