Definitions for chases

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chases chase

Spelling: [cheys]

IPA: /tʃeɪs/

Chases is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in chases (acehss).

Definitions for chases

noun

1. the act of chasing; pursuit:
2. an object of pursuit; something chased.
3. Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
4. British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
5. a steeplechase.
6. the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
7. a rectangular iron frame in which composed type is secured or locked for printing or platemaking.
8. Building Trades. a space or groove in a masonry wall or through a floor for pipes or ducts.
9. a groove, furrow, or trench; a lengthened hollow.
10. Ordnance. the part of a gun in front of the trunnions. the part containing the bore.
11. Mary Ellen, 1887–1973, U.S. educator, novelist, and essayist.
12. Salmon Portland [sal-muh n] /ˈsæl mən/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, U.S. jurist and statesman: secretary of the treasury 1861–64; chief justice of the U.S. 1864–73.
13. Samuel, 1741–1811, U.S. jurist and leader in the American Revolution: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1796–1811.
14. Stuart, 1888–1985, U.S. economist and writer.

Idioms

1. cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the main point.

Verb phrases

1. give chase, to pursue:

verb (used with object)

1. to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.:
2. to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt:
3. to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.:
4. to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment:
5. to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing.
6. to cut (a screw thread), as with a chaser or machine tool.

verb (used without object)

1. to follow in pursuit:
2. to rush or hasten:

Origin of chases

1250-1300; Middle English chacen Middle French chasser to hunt, Old French chacier Vulgar Latin *captiāre; see catch

Examples for chases

They were recovered and brought back, after a chase of a mile.

You will find what you hunt for, track 'em right along and chase 'em down.

In an hour or two, half the constables in Charleston were in chase of me.

She stormed off next door, where the business owner tried to chase Wislon off before the bandit squeezed off a round.

As soon as the criminal left the shop, the victim snapped back into consciousness and tried to chase after him.

He would go in, he would overhaul Sally, and then finish the chase with a play of revolvers.

He turned the creams from the road, filled with the spirit of the chase.

You meant to chase every glass of wine with a pitcher of H2O, but the holiday cheer somehow steered you off course.

chase supplements this general directive with some more pragmatic suggestions for women looking to find sexual fulfillment.

Maybe our dear bear should sit quietly, not chase piglets and just eat berries and honey.