Word Meanings - CHASE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. 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. Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper. 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue;

Additional info about word: CHASE

1. 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. Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper. 2. 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. Knolles. 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. Chasing each other merrily. Tennyson.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CHASE)

• Follow
• Pursue
• chase
• accompany
• obey
• Imitate
• succeed
• result
• ensue
• attend
• shadow
• observe
• copy

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CHASE)

• Abandon
• relinquish
• discard
• dismiss
• avoid
• elude
• evade
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to CHASE)

• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• SUCCEEDANT
  Succeeding one another; following.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• SUCCEDANE
  A succedaneum.
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• SUCCESS
  1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• FOLLOWING EDGE
  See ABOVE
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SPRINKLING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate
• CHASE
  1. 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. Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper. 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue;
• PRECEDENTLY
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• SPRINGY
  1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy. Sir W. Scott. 2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as,
• SPRIGGED
  Having sprigs.
• SUCCESSLESS
  Having no success. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. -- Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"less*ness, n.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• PRELUDER
  One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.
• HANDSPRING
  A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.