chase
/t͡ʃeɪs/ noun B1- The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
- A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
- A children's game where one player chases another.
- Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
- Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
- The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
- A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
- One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
Plural chases
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Toto had always loved to chase mice when he lived in Kansas, and he saw no harm in it.
The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, “It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions.” The Housedog replied, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others.”
“I will take the first share,” he said, “because I am King: and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share (believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign it to me, and set off as fast as you can.”
A HOUND, who in the days of his youth and strength had never yielded to any beast of the forest, encountered in his old age a boar in the chase.
Other matches
- chase To groove B2
- chase To follow at speed. C2
- chase A groove cut in an object 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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