verb / noun
chase
CHAYS/tʃeɪs/
Pursuing people or things to catch or obtain them.
The boy chases the rolling hoop across the grass.
Etymology
The ancestor meant hunting or pursuing animals. English broadened that hunting sense to running after someone or something, with capture as the goal.
In context
I still can't just walk right up to her and put the halter on I have to chase her so to speak around the stall
More examples
- The dog chased a squirrel up the tree.
- They have chased the missing paperwork all morning.
- The chase ended at the garden gate.
Forms
chase · chases · chased · chasing
chaser noun — Someone or something that pursues another.