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chased
chasedpursued; driven or expelled by force or harassment: chased out of the house
Not to be confused with:chaste – virgin; celibate; undefiled; pure in style; simple: a chaste designchase 1 C0256700 (chās)v. chased, chas·ing, chas·es v.tr.1. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue: chased the thief.2. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt: chase foxes.3. To seek the favor or company of persistently: chased me until I agreed to a date.4. To put to flight; drive: chased the dog away.5. Baseball a. To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.b. To swing at and miss (a pitch, especially one out of the strike zone).v.intr.1. To go or follow in pursuit.2. Informal To go hurriedly; rush: chased all over looking for us.n.1. The act of chasing; pursuit.2. a. The hunting of game: the thrill of the chase.b. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry.3. Chiefly British a. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.b. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.Idioms: chase (one's) tail To exert oneself vigorously but ineffectually. give chase To engage in pursuit of quarry: Police gave chase to the speeding car.
[Middle English chasen, to hunt, from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, to catch; see catch.]
chase 2 C0256700 (chās)n. Printing A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.
[Perhaps from French châsse, case, reliquary, from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.]
 chase3floral chase motif on a lipstick casechase 3 C0256700 (chās)n.1. a. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.b. A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.2. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.3. The cavity of a mold.tr.v. chased, chas·ing, chas·es 1. To groove; indent.2. To cut (the thread of a screw).3. To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
[Possibly from obsolete French chas, groove, enclosure, from Old French, from Latin capsa, box. V., variant of enchase.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  chased - a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"pursuedhunted person - a person who is hunted |
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