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English noun: chase | |||
| 1. | chase (act) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | ||
| Samples | The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit. | ||
| Synonyms | following, pursual, pursuit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shadowing, stalk, stalking, tailing, tracking, trailing | ||
| 2. | Chase (person) United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) | ||
| Synonyms | Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase | ||
| Instance hypernym | chief justice, pol, political leader, politician, politico | ||
| 3. | chase (artifact) a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | frame | ||
English verb: chase | |||
| 1. | chase (motion) go after with the intent to catch | ||
| Samples | The policeman chased the mugger down the alley. The dog chased the rabbit. | ||
| Examples | They chase the car down the avenue | ||
| Synonyms | chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | follow, pursue | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hound, hunt, quest, run down, trace, tree | ||
| 2. | chase (social) pursue someone sexually or romantically | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot chase Sue | ||
| Synonyms | chase after | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | court, romance, solicit, woo | ||
| 3. | chase (contact) cut a groove into | ||
| Samples | Chase silver. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
| 4. | chase (contact) cut a furrow into a columns | ||
| Synonyms | chamfer, furrow | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
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