Pursue vs. Chase

Pursueverb

To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.

Chasenoun

The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

Pursueverb

(transitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.

Chasenoun

A hunt.

Pursueverb

(transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).

‘Her rival pursued a quite different course.’;

Chasenoun

(uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.

Pursueverb

(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).

Chasenoun

(British) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.

Pursueverb

(transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).

Chasenoun

Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.

Pursueverb

To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

‘We happiness pursue; we fly from pain.’; ‘The happiness of men lies in purswing,Not in possessing.’;

Chasenoun

(nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.

Pursueverb

To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.

‘The fame of ancient matrons you pursue.’;

Chasenoun

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

Pursueverb

To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.

Chasenoun

(real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.

Pursueverb

To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.

Chasenoun

(cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.

Pursueverb

To follow as an example; to imitate.

Chasenoun

(printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.

Pursueverb

To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.

‘The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued me, they shall pursue you also.’;

Chasenoun

A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.

Pursueverb

To go in pursuit; to follow.

‘The wicked flee when no man pursueth.’; ‘Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition.’;

Chasenoun

(architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.

Pursueverb

To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.

‘I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider.’;

Chasenoun

The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.

Pursueverb

To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.

Chasenoun

The cavity of a mold.

Pursueverb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;

‘She pursued many activities’; ‘They engaged in a discussion’;

Chasenoun

(shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Pursueverb

follow in or as if in pursuit;

‘The police car pursued the suspected attacker’; ‘Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life’;

Chaseverb

(transitive) To pursue.

Pursueverb

go in search of or hunt for;

‘pursue a hobby’;

Chaseverb

(transitive) To follow at speed.

Pursueverb

carry further or advance;

‘Can you act on this matter soon?’;

Chaseverb

(transitive) To hunt.

Pursueverb

follow or chase (someone or something)

‘a heavily indebted businessman was being pursued by creditors’; ‘the officer pursued the van’;

Chaseverb

(intransitive) To seek to attain.

‘the team are chasing their first home win this season.’;

Pursueverb

persistently seek to form a sexual relationship with (someone)

‘Sophie was being pursued by a number of men’;

Chaseverb

(intransitive) To seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way.

‘He spends all his free time chasing girls.’;

Pursueverb

seek to attain or accomplish (a goal) over a long period

‘should people pursue their own happiness at the expense of others?’;

Chaseverb

To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.

Pursueverb

(of something unpleasant) persistently afflict (someone)

‘mercy lasts as long as sin pursues man’;

Chaseverb

(transitive) To dilute alcohol.

‘Chase vodka with orange juice to make a screwdriver.’;

Pursueverb

continue or proceed along (a path or route)

‘the road pursued a straight course over the scrubland’;

Chaseverb

To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.

‘Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.’;

Pursueverb

engage in (an activity or course of action)

‘the council decided not to pursue an appeal’; ‘Andrew was determined to pursue a computer career’;

Chaseverb

To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch

‘Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.’;

Pursueverb

continue to investigate or explore (an idea or argument)

‘we shall not pursue the matter any further’;

Chaseverb

To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed

‘The rally chased the starter.’;

Chaseverb

(transitive) To groove; indent.

Chaseverb

(transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.

‘chase the pipe’;

Chaseverb

(transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).

Chaseverb

(transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

Chaseverb

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

‘We are those which chased you from the field.’; ‘Philologists, who chaseA panting syllable through time and place.’;

Chaseverb

To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; - often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.

‘Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place.’;

Chaseverb

To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.

‘Chasing each other merrily.’;

Chaseverb

To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.

Chaseverb

To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.

Chaseverb

To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

Chasenoun

Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt.

‘You see this chase is hotly followed.’;

Chasenoun

That which is pursued or hunted.

‘Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,For I myself must hunt this deer to death.’;

Chasenoun

An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace.

Chasenoun

A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.

Chasenoun

A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

Chasenoun

The part of a cannon from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

Chasenoun

A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.

Chasenoun

A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Chasenoun

the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;

‘the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit’;

Chaseverb

go after with the intent to catch;

‘The policeman chased the mugger down the alley’; ‘the dog chased the rabbit’;

Chaseverb

pursue someone sexually or romantically

Chaseverb

cut a groove into;

‘chase silver’;

Chaseverb

cut a furrow into a columns

Chaseverb

pursue in order to catch or catch up with

‘the dog chased after the stick’; ‘police chased the stolen car through the city’;

Chaseverb

seek to attain

‘the team are chasing their first home win this season’;

Chaseverb

seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way

‘he spends all his free time chasing girls’;

Chaseverb

drive or cause to go in a specified direction

‘she chased him out of the house’;

Chaseverb

rush in a specified direction

‘he chased down the motorway’;

Chaseverb

try to obtain (something owed or required)

‘the company employs people to chase up debts’;

Chaseverb

try to make contact with (someone) in order to obtain something owed or required

‘the council recently appointed its own team of bailiffs to chase non-payers’;

Chaseverb

make further investigation of an unresolved matter

‘the cost of the police time needed to chase up every new offence’;

Chaseverb

engrave (metal, or a design on metal)

‘a miniature container with a delicately chased floral design’;

Chasenoun

an act of pursuing someone or something

‘they captured the youths after a brief chase’;

Chasenoun

short for steeplechase

Chasenoun

hunting as a sport

‘she was an ardent follower of the chase’;

Chasenoun

an area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting

‘Cannock Chase’;

Chasenoun

a hunted animal.

Chasenoun

(in letterpress printing) a metal frame for holding the composed type and blocks being printed at one time.

Chasenoun

the part of a gun enclosing the bore.

Chasenoun

a groove or furrow cut in the face of a wall or other surface to receive a pipe or wire.