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chase1 / chās/ • v. [tr.] 1. pursue in order to catch or catch up with: police chased the stolen car [intr.] the dog chased after the stick. ∎ seek to attain: seventy candidates chasing a single job. ∎ seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way. ∎ [tr.] drive or cause to go in a specified direction: she chased him out of the house. 2. try to make contact with (someone) in order to get something owed or required: chasing customers who had not paid their bills. ∎ make further investigation of (an unresolved matter): investigators got a warrant to chase down the case. • n. an act of pursuing someone or something: they captured the youths after a brief chase. ∎ (the chase) hunting as a sport: she was an ardent follower of the chase. ∎ short for steeplechase. ∎ Brit. an area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting. ∎ archaic a hunted animal. PHRASES: give chase go in pursuit. chase2 • v. [tr.] [usu. as adj.] (chased) engrave (metal, or a design on metal): a miniature container with a delicately chased floral design. chase3 • n. (in letterpress printing) a metal frame for holding the composed type and blocks being printed at one time. chase4 • n. 1. the part of a gun enclosing the bore. 2. a groove or furrow cut in the face of a wall or other surface to receive a pipe. |
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"chase." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "chase." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-chase004.html "chase." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-chase004.html |
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1. The name given to the guns mounted on the upper deck in the bows and on the poop deck astern of a sailing man-of-war and fixed to fire directly ahead or astern. They were known as the bow chase, to fire at a vessel being chased, and the stern chase, to fire at a vessel chasing. But see also chase guns. Also the name given to a vessel being chased. 2. When used as a verb, it was pursuing a vessel in wartime with a view to its destruction or capture, or perhaps to acquire intelligence from those aboard. |
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"chase." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "chase." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-chase.html "chase." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-chase.html |
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chase beast of chase an animal traditionally hunted for sport across open country.
chase the dragon take heroin by heating it on a piece of folded tin foil and inhaling the fumes. The term is said to be translated from Chinese, and to arise from the fact that the fumes and the molten heroin powder move up and down the piece of tin foil with an undulating movement resembling the tail of the dragon in Chinese myths. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "chase." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "chase." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-chase.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "chase." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-chase.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chase.html T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chase.html |
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A. .(typogr.) frame in which composed type is locked up; B. .cavity of a gun-barrel. XVII. perh. f. F. chas enclosure, châsse setting, case :- L. capsus enclosed receptacle and capsa repository, CASE 2; but it is doubtful whether A and B should be coupled. |
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T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chase2.html T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chase2.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chase1.html T. F. HOAD. "chase." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chase1.html |
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Chase ♂ Especially North American: transferred use of the surname, which originated in the Middle Ages as a nickname for a huntsman, from Anglo-Norman chase ‘chase, hunt’.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Chase." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Chase." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Chase.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Chase." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Chase.html |
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1. In Britain, a royal forest that has passed into private ownership. 2. A lane between two woods. |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "chase." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "chase." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-chase.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "chase." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-chase.html |
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1. In Britain, a royal forest that has passed into private ownership. 2. A lane between two woods. |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "chase." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "chase." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-chase.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "chase." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-chase.html |
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chase chās n. the part of a gun enclosing the bore.
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"chase." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "chase." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-chase.html "chase." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-chase.html |
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•abase, ace, apace, backspace, base, bass, brace, case, chase, dace, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outface, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case
•airbase • freebase • wheelbase
•database • steeplechase • paperchase
•paleface • typeface • whiteface
•boldface • coalface • interface
•staircase • briefcase • slipcase
•packing case • doorcase • showcase
•notecase • pillowcase • suitcase
•bookcase • nutcase • marketplace
•anyplace • everyplace • showplace
•shoelace • bootlace • someplace
•Lovelace • fireplace • commonplace
•workplace • birthplace • tenace
•airspace • aerospace • hyperspace
•carapace • workspace • ratrace
•millrace • Fuentes • rosace
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"chase." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "chase." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-chase.html "chase." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-chase.html |
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