Chase

  • 41chase — 1 verb 1 FOLLOW (I, T) to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch them: Outside in the yard, kids were yelling and chasing each other. | chase sb along/down/up etc: The dog spotted a cat and chased it up a nearby tree. | chase sb… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42chase — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ high speed ▪ car ▪ The film ends with a long car chase. ▪ police …

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  • 43Chase — В Викисловаре есть статья «chase» Chase может значить: Chase   общепринятое сокращение (обозначение) имени ботаника, которое добавляется к научным (латинским) названиям некоторых таксонов ботанической (бинарной) номенклатуры и указывает …

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  • 44chase — I. /tʃeɪs / (say chays) verb (chased, chasing) –verb (t) 1. to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc. 2. (in sport) to attempt to equal or better (an opponent s score): the Australians were chasing the Poms first innings score of 401. 3. to… …

  • 45Chase — /chays/, n. 1. Mary Ellen, 1887 1973, U.S. educator, novelist, and essayist. 2. Salmon Portland /sal meuhn/, 1808 73, U.S. jurist and statesman: secretary of the Treasury 1861 64; Chief Justice of the U.S. 1864 73. 3. Samuel, 1741 1811, U.S.… …

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  • 46Chase — (as used in expressions) Chase Manhattan Corp. Chase, Salmon P(ortland) Chase, Samuel Chase, William Merritt J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Knox, Philander Chase Smith, Margaret Chase Margaret Madeline Chase …

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  • 47chase — I [[t]tʃeɪs[/t]] v. chased, chas•ing, n. 1) to follow rapidly or intently to seize, overtake, etc.; pursue: to chase a thief[/ex] 2) to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt 3) to follow or devote one s attention to with the hope… …

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  • 48Chase — This interesting surname, of early medieval English origin, is either a metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, deriving from the Middle English chase , meaning hunt , Old French chaceur,… …

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  • 49chase — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French chace, from chacer Date: 13th century 1. a. the hunting of wild animals used with the b. the act of chasing ; pursuit c. an earnest or frenzied seeking after something desired 2. something… …

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  • 50chase — {{11}}chase (n.) mid 13c., a hunt, from O.Fr. chace, from chacier (see CHASE (Cf. chase) (v.)). Meaning A pursuit (of an enemy, etc.) is early 14c. {{12}}chase (v.) c.1300, chacen to hunt, from O.Fr. chacier to hunt, ride swiftly, strive for (Mod …

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