[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chase \chase\ ch=as, v. t. imp.  p. p. chased
   ch=ast; p. pr.  vb. n. chasing. of. chacier, f.
   chasser, fr. assumed ll. captiare, fr. l. captare to strive
   to seize. see catch.
   1. to pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an
      enemy, or game; to hunt.
      1913 webster

            we are those which chased you from the field.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            philologists, who chase
            a panting syllable through time and place. --cowper.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            chased by their brother's endless malice from prince
            to prince and from place to place.    --knolles.
      1913 webster

   3. to pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
      1913 webster

            chasing each other merrily.           --tennyson.
      1913 webster
see also:
chased chasing catch 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chase \chase\, v. t. a contraction of enchase.
   1. to ornament a surface of metal by embossing, cutting
      away parts, and the like.
      1913 webster

   2. to cut, so as to make a screw thread.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chase \chase\, v. i.
   to give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
   colloq.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chase \chase\, n. cf. f. chasse, fr. chasser. see chase, v.
   1. 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. "this mad chase of fame." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            you see this chase is hotly followed. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is pursued or hunted.
      1913 webster

            nay, warwick, seek thee out some other chase,
            for i myself must hunt this deer to death. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. 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. eng.
      1913 webster

   4. court tennis 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.
      1913 webster

   chase gun naut., a cannon placed at the bow or stern of
      an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in
      defending the vessel when pursued.

   chase port naut., a porthole from which a chase gun is
      fired.

   stern chase naut., a chase in which the pursuing vessel
      follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.

   cut to the chase film, a term used in action movies
      meaning, to shift the scene to the most exciting part,
      where someone is being chased. it is used metaphorically
      to mean "get to the main point".
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
chase chase gun chase port stern chase cut to the chase 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chase \chase\, n. f. ch'ase, fr. l. capsa box, case. see
   case a box. print.
   1. a rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type
      are imposed.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. the part of a cannon from the re"enforce or the
      trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. see cannon.
      1913 webster

   3. a groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench,
      as for the reception of drain tile.
      1913 webster

   4. shipbuilding 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
case cannon 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

chase
     n : the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;
         "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in
         pursuit" syn: pursuit, following
     v 1: go after with the intent to catch; "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
     2: pursue someone sexually or romantically syn: chase after
     3: cut a groove into; "chase silver"
     4: cut a furrow into a columns syn: furrow, chamfer
see also:
pursuit following chase after trail tail tag 
give chase dog go after track furrow 
chamfer 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

304 moby thesaurus words for "chase":
   derby, kentucky derby, preakness stakes, address, afforestation,
   arboretum, assemble, beat, beat back, beau, bedog, bezel, boil,
   bolt, boondocks, boot out, boss, brush off, bundle, bush, bushveld,
   bustle, career, carve, cast, chamfer, charge, chase away,
   chase off, chase out, chevy, chink, chisel, chivy, chuck,
   climax forest, cloud forest, come after, come behind, corrugation,
   course, coursing, court, crack, cranny, crowd, cut, cynegetics,
   dado, dash, dash off, dash on, dendrology, dismiss, dog, dogging,
   double-time, drive, drive away, drive back, drive off, drive out,
   drum out, eject, emboss, engrave, engraving, esquire, evict,
   extrude, falcon, falconry, fend off, festinate, flat race, fling,
   flush, flute, fluting, follow, follow the hounds, follow up,
   follow-up, following, force out, forest, forest land,
   forest preserve, forestry, found, fowl, fox hunting, freeze out,
   fringing forest, furrow, gallery forest, gash, get going,
   get moving, give chase, go after, go behind, go hunting, gouge,
   grave, greenwood, groove, gun, gunning, handicap, handicap race,
   hanger, harness race, harry out, hasten, hawk, hawking, heel,
   hold off, hollo after, horse race, hound, hue and cry, hunt,
   hunt down, hunt out, hunting, hurdle race, hurry, hurry on,
   hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, incision,
   index forest, insculpture, jack, jacklight, jungle, jungles,
   keep off, kick out, lash, lay siege to, leap, lose no time,
   make after, make haste, make suit to, microgroove, model, mold,
   move behind, move quickly, national forest, out, pack off,
   palmetto barrens, park, park forest, pay attention to,
   pay court to, pine barrens, plate race, plunge, post, press on,
   prey, primeval forest, prosecute, prosecution, protection forest,
   prowl after, purse race, pursuance, pursue, pursuing, pursuit,
   push back, push on, push out, put back, put to flight, quarry,
   quarter-horse race, quest, quest after, rabbet, race, rain forest,
   raise, raise the hunt, rebuff, reforestation, refuse, repel,
   repulse, ride to hounds, ridge, rifling, rout, rout out, ruck, run,
   run after, run out, rush, rush through, rut, scamper, score,
   scramble, scratch, scrub, scrubland, sculp, sculpt, sculpture,
   scurry, scuttle, search, searching, seek, seek out, seeking,
   selection forest, send away, send off, send packing, serenade,
   shadow, shadowing, shikar, shoot, shooting, shrubland,
   silviculture, slit, smoke out, snub, solder, spark, speed, sport,
   sporting, sprout forest, spurn, spurt, squire, stake, stake race,
   stalk, stalking, stand of timber, start, state forest,
   steeplechase, still hunt, still-hunt, streak, stria, striation,
   string along, sue, sulcation, sulcus, swain, sweep, sweepstake,
   sweepstakes, sweetheart, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, tailgate,
   take out after, tear, throw out, thrust back, timber, timberland,
   track, tracking, tracking down, trail, trail after, trailing,
   tread close upon, tree veld, trotting race, turn back, venery,
   virgin forest, ward off, weld, well-worn groove, wildwood, woo,
   wood, woodland, woods, wrinkle

[8] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

chase, eng. law. the liberty of keeping beasts of chase, or royal gaine, on 
another man's ground as well as on one's own ground, protected even from the 
owner of the land, with a power of hunting them thereon. it differs from a 
park, because it may be on another's ground, and because it is not enclosed. 
2 bl. com. 38. 

[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

chase, property. the act of acquiring possession of animals ferae naturae by 
force, cunning or address. the hunter acquires a right to such animals by 
occupancy, and they become his property. 4 toull. n. 7. no man has a right 
to enter on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, without his 
consent. vide 14 east, r. 249 poth. tr. du dr. de propriete, part 1, c. 2, 
art. 2. chastity. that virtue which prevents the unlawful commerce of the 
sexes. 
     2. a woman may defend her chastity by killing her assailant. see self
defence. and even the solicitation of her chastity is indictable in some of 
the states; 7 conn. 267; though in england, and perhaps elsewhere, such act 
is not indictable. 2 chit. pr. 478. words charging a woman with a violation 
of chastity are actionable in themselves. 2 conn. 707. 

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

chase, ak cdp, fips 12350
  location: 62.44907 n, 150.10176 w
  population 1990: 38 54 housing units
  area: 93.5 sq km land, 2.5 sq km water
chase, ks city, fips 12650
  location: 38.35567 n, 98.34840 w
  population 1990: 577 285 housing units
  area: 0.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 67524
chase, mi
  zip codes: 49623

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

chase -- u.s. county in kansas
   population 2000:    3030
   housing units 2000: 1529
   land area 2000:     775.887075 sq. miles 2009.538213 sq. km
   water area 2000:    2.122146 sq. miles 5.496332 sq. km
   total area 2000:    778.009221 sq. miles 2015.034545 sq. km
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             38.313664 n, 96.607734 w
   headwords:
    chase
    chase, ks
    chase county
    chase county, ks

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

chase -- u.s. county in nebraska
   population 2000:    4068
   housing units 2000: 1927
   land area 2000:     894.495131 sq. miles 2316.731656 sq. km
   water area 2000:    3.139206 sq. miles 8.130506 sq. km
   total area 2000:    897.634337 sq. miles 2324.862162 sq. km
   located within:       nebraska ne, fips 31
   location:             40.507192 n, 101.699405 w
   headwords:
    chase
    chase, ne
    chase county
    chase county, ne

[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

chase, ak -- u.s. census designated place in alaska
   population 2000:    41
   housing units 2000: 90
   land area 2000:     92.903484 sq. miles 240.618909 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.623183 sq. miles 1.614037 sq. km
   total area 2000:    93.526667 sq. miles 242.232946 sq. km
   fips code:            12350
   located within:       alaska ak, fips 02
   location:             62.422316 n, 150.077553 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    chase, ak
    chase

[14] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

chase, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    490
   housing units 2000: 222
   land area 2000:     0.293148 sq. miles 0.759250 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.293148 sq. miles 0.759250 sq. km
   fips code:            12650
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             38.355682 n, 98.348743 w
   zip codes 1990:     67524
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    chase, ks
    chase

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