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Meaning of chase

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  chase
      n 1: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;
           "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in
           pursuit" [syn: {pursuit}, {chase}, {pursual}, {following}]
      2: United States politician and jurist who served as chief
         justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) [syn:
         {Chase}, {Salmon P. Chase}, {Salmon Portland Chase}]
      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
      v 1: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased
           the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
           [syn: {chase}, {chase after}, {trail}, {tail}, {tag}, {give
           chase}, {dog}, {go after}, {track}]
      2: pursue someone sexually or romantically [syn: {chase}, {chase
         after}]
      3: cut a groove into; "chase silver"
      4: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: {furrow}, {chamfer},
         {chase}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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