chase

1. 1.

   the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

   “the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit”

   Synonymspursuitpursualfollowing

   Broadermotion

   Narrowertrailingshadowingstalk
2. 2.

   United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

   SynonymsSalmon P. ChaseSalmon Portland Chase

   Broaderpoliticianchief justice
3. 3.

   a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time

   Broaderframe

Other forms of chase

plural

chases·

past tense

chased·

present participle

chasing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chase

What does chase mean?

chase means "go after with the intent to catch". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chase?

chase has 1 syllable: chase. In IPA it is /ˈtʃeɪs/.

What is another word for chase?

Close synonyms include chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chase a common word?

chase is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chase?

1 word rhymes with chase. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.