chase¹ /chās/

1. To pursue
2. To hunt
3. To seek
4. To drive away
5. To put to flight
6. To follow with a chaser or chasse

To hurry (about, around or after)

1. Pursuit
2. A hunting
3. (with the) the sport of hunting
4. The object of a hunt, quarry
5. An unenclosed private game preserve
6. A steeplechase
7. The second impact of an unreturned ball, for which the player scored unless his opponent bettered it (and scored) by a similar impact nearer the end wall (real tennis)

chasˈer noun

1. A pursuer
2. A hunter
3. A horse for steeplechasing
4. A drink of a different, usu complementary or contrasting, type, drunk immediately after another (informal)
5. A woman over-assiduous in pursuit of men (old slang)
6. An aeroplane for pursuing hostile aircraft (RAF sl)
7. A chasse

chaseˈport noun

The porthole at the bow or stern of a naval ship (through which a gun is fired during pursuit)

beasts of chase (archaic)

1. Properly the buck, doe, fox, marten and roe
2. Wild animals that are hunted generally

chase rainbows see rainbow-chaser under rain¹

chase the dragon (drug sl)

To inhale the fumes of melting powdered heroin

give chase

To set off in pursuit

go and chase yourself (informal)

Go away, clear out

wild-goose chase

1. A chase hither and thither
2. Any foolish or profitless pursuit of the unattainable

chase² /chās/

To enchase, to decorate (metal) by engraving

chāsˈer noun

1. A person who engraves metal
2. A tool for engraving metal or for cutting threads on screws

chāsˈing noun

1. The art of engraving on the outside of raised metalwork
2. The art of cutting the threads of screws

chase³ /chās/

1. A case or frame for holding printing type making up a page
2. A groove
3. The part of a gun barrel that encloses the bore

• Cupid's bow
• cupid's dart
• cup lichen
• cupman
• cup mark
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• cupmen
• cup moss
• cup of assay
• cupola
• cupola'd
• cupolaed
• cupolaing
• cupolar
• cupolas
• cupolated
• cuppa
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• cupped
• cupper
• cuppers
• cupping
• cupping-glass
• cupping-glasses
• cuppings