chase

Chase has many meanings; Please could you chase up this for me?

chase¹

vb

1. to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly

2. (tr; often foll by out, away, or off) to force to run (away); drive (out)

3. (tr) Informal to court (a member of the opposite sex) in an unsubtle manner

4. (tr; often foll by up) Informal to pursue persistently and energetically in order to obtain results, information, etc. chase up the builders and get a delivery date

5. (intr) Informal to hurry; rush

n

1. the act of chasing; pursuit

2. any quarry that is pursued

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Brit an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Brit the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting)

the chase the act or sport of hunting

6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) short for steeplechase

7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) Real Tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again

cut to the chase Informal chiefly US to start talking about the important aspects of something

give chase to pursue (a person, animal, or thing) actively

[from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiāre (unattested), from Latin captāre to pursue eagerly, from capere to take; see catch]

chaseable  adj