chase
/t͡ʃeɪs/ noun C2- A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
- A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
- The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
- The cavity of a mold.
- 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.
Plural chases
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Darzee, if you have a grain of sense you will fly off to the stables and pretend that your wing is broken, and let Nagaina chase you away to this bush.
Toto had always loved to chase mice when he lived in Kansas, and he saw no harm in it.
She sat down on the grass and looked at her companions, and they sat down and looked at her, and Toto found that for the first time in his life he was too tired to chase a butterfly that flew past his head.
“Don’t chase me!
Other matches
- chase The act of one who chases another B1
- chase To groove B2
- chase To follow at speed. C2
- chase A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pa... C2
- chase after Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- chase away To get rid of.
- chase down to pursue and apprehend someone or something.
- chase off To drive someone or something away.
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