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 To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To go or follow in pursuit. 2.Informal To go hurriedly; rush: chased all over looking for us.
NOUN:
1. The act of chasing; pursuit. 2a. The hunting of game: the thrill of the chase.b. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry. 3.Chiefly Britisha. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve. b. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.
IDIOM:
give chase To engage in pursuit of quarry: Police gave chase to the speeding car.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English chasen, to hunt, from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captire, from Latin captre, to catch. See catch.
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