1. (

• pursuit ,
• chase ,
• pursual ,
• following ,

) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" ;

2. (

• Chase ,
• Salmon_P._Chase ,
• Salmon_Portland_Chase

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

3. (

• chase

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

1. (

• chase ,
• chase_after ,
• trail ,
• tail ,
• tag ,
• give_chase ,
• dog ,
• go_after ,
• track

) go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" ;

2. (

• chase ,
• chase_after

) pursue someone sexually or romantically ;

3. (

• chase

) cut a groove into; "chase silver" ;

4. (

• furrow ,
• chamfer ,
• chase ,

) cut a furrow into a columns ;