Chase vs. Trace

Chasenoun

The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

Chasenoun

A hunt.

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

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

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

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

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(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.

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

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

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

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(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

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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.

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the part of a gun enclosing the bore.

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

Tracenoun

An act of tracing.

Tracenoun

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

Tracenoun

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

Tracenoun

A residue of some substance or material.

Tracenoun

A very small amount.

Tracenoun

(electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

Tracenoun

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

Tracenoun

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Tracenoun

(engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Tracenoun

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

Tracenoun

(geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Tracenoun

(mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

Tracenoun

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Traceverb

(transitive) To follow the trail of.

Traceverb

To follow the history of.

Traceverb

(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

Traceverb

(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

Traceverb

To copy; to imitate.

Traceverb

To walk; to go; to travel.

Traceverb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Traceverb

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

Tracenoun

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Tracenoun

A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Tracenoun

A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.

Tracenoun

A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; - hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

Tracenoun

A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

Tracenoun

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Tracenoun

The ground plan of a work or works.

Traceverb

To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.

Traceverb

To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.

Traceverb

Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

Traceverb

To copy; to imitate.

Traceverb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Traceverb

To walk; to go; to travel.

Tracenoun

a just detectable amount;

Tracenoun

an indication that something has been present;

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a suggestion of some quality;

Tracenoun

drawing created by tracing

Tracenoun

either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

Tracenoun

a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

Traceverb

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Traceverb

make a mark or lines on a surface;

Traceverb

to go back over again;

Traceverb

pursue or chase relentlessly;

Traceverb

discover traces of;

Traceverb

make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along;

Traceverb

copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of;

Traceverb

read with difficulty;

Traceverb

find or discover by investigation

Traceverb

find or describe the origin or development of

Traceverb

follow or mark the course or position of (something) with one's eye, mind, or finger

Traceverb

take (a particular path or route)

Traceverb

copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper

Traceverb

draw (a pattern or line), especially with one's finger or toe

Traceverb

give an outline of

Tracenoun

a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something

Tracenoun

a line or pattern displayed by an instrument to show the existence or nature of something which is being recorded or measured.

Tracenoun

a physical change in the brain presumed to be caused by a process of learning or memory.

Tracenoun

a very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured

Tracenoun

a barely discernible indication of something

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a procedure to investigate the source of something, such as the place from which a telephone call was made

Tracenoun

a line which represents the projection of a curve or surface on a plane or the intersection of a curve or surface with a plane.

Tracenoun

a path or track.

Tracenoun

the sum of the elements in the principal diagonal of a square matrix.

Tracenoun

each of the two side straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is attached to a vehicle that it is pulling.