chase

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to cut a groove into

   chase silver

2. 2
   verb

   to go after with the intent to catch

   The policeman chased the mugger down the alley

3. 3
   noun

   A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.

   By-and-by, she wandered away to an unnecessary revelation of her master's whereabouts: gone to help in the search for his landlord, the Sieur de Poissy, who lived at the château just above, and who had not returned from his chase the day before; so the intendant imagined he might have met with some accident, and had summoned the neighbours to beat the forest and the hill-side.

4. 4
   noun

   A children's game where one player chases another.

   Some children like to be caught when playing chase, and others do not.

5. 5
   noun

   A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.

   Outside, the stately oaks, rooted for ages in the green ground which has never known ploughshare, but was still a chase when kings rode to battle with sword and shield and rode a-hunting with bow and arrow, bear witness to his greatness.

6. 6
   noun

   A wild animal that is hunted.

   As touching the Harte and such other light chases or beasts of Uenerie, the huntesmen on horsebacke may followe theyr houndes alwayes by the same wayes that they saw him passe ouer,

7. 7
   verb

   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.

   I need something to chase this shot with.

8. 8
   verb

   To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.

   Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.

Etymology

From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”) , see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”). Doublet of catch and related to capture. Displaced native Old English ōht, ēhtnes, and wāþ. Broadly overtook Old English huntaþ.