Chase vs. Chaste

Chasenoun

The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

Chasenoun

A hunt.

Chasenoun

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

Chasenoun

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

Chasenoun

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

Chasenoun

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

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.

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.

Chasenoun

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

Chasenoun

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

Chasenoun

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

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.

Chasenoun

The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.

Chasenoun

The cavity of a mold.

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.

Chaseverb

(transitive) To pursue.

Chaseverb

(transitive) To follow at speed.

Chaseverb

(transitive) To hunt.

Chaseverb

(intransitive) To seek to attain.

Chaseverb

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

Chaseverb

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

Chaseverb

(transitive) To dilute alcohol.

Chaseverb

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

Chaseverb

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

Chaseverb

To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed

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.

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.

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.

Chaseverb

To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.

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.

Chasenoun

That which is pursued or hunted.

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;

Chaseverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Chaseverb

pursue someone sexually or romantically

Chaseverb

cut a groove into;

Chaseverb

cut a furrow into a columns

Chaseverb

pursue in order to catch or catch up with

Chaseverb

seek to attain

Chaseverb

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

Chaseverb

drive or cause to go in a specified direction

Chaseverb

rush in a specified direction

Chaseverb

try to obtain (something owed or required)

Chaseverb

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

Chaseverb

make further investigation of an unresolved matter

Chaseverb

engrave (metal, or a design on metal)

Chasenoun

an act of pursuing someone or something

Chasenoun

short for steeplechase

Chasenoun

hunting as a sport

Chasenoun

an area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting

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.

Chasteadjective

Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.

Chasteadjective

Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.

Chasteadjective

Austere, simple, undecorative.

Chasteadjective

Decent, modest, morally pure.

Chasteadjective

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

Chasteadjective

Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.

Chasteadjective

Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.

Chasteadjective

Unmarried.

Chasteadjective

morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse);

Chasteadjective

pure and simple in design or style;

Chasteadjective

abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse