CHASE
What does "CHASE" mean?
To pursue something or someone in order to catch or drive it away.
Meanings
- To run after and try to catch a person, animal, or thing. The dog loves to chase squirrels across the yard.
- To pursue persistently, as a goal, prize, or person's affection. She spent her twenties chasing a career in film. figurative
- The act of pursuing; a hunt. The film ends with a car chase through the harbour.
- To engrave or emboss metal by hammering from the front. The silversmith chased a vine pattern into the bowl. technical
Did you know?
- 'Chase' and 'catch' are etymological twins: both come from Latin 'captare', split apart by entering English through two different French dialects.
Word origin
From Old French 'chacier' (to hunt, pursue), from Vulgar Latin 'captiare', from Latin 'captare' (to try to catch) - the same root that gives English 'catch' by a different path.
Remember it
CHASE hides 'HAS' in the middle - you chase what someone else HAS.
A little poem
The greyhound burns the whole field down to catch
a wooden hare it was never meant to snatch.
couplet
Wordplay
- I tried to chase my dreams, but they kept telling me to slow down and get some sleep.
What it teaches
Some things run only because you chase them; stand still and they may turn around.
Quick facts
What does CHASE mean?
To pursue something or someone in order to catch or drive it away.
Is CHASE a valid word?
Yes — CHASE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHASE?
CHASE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHASE come from?
From Old French 'chacier' (to hunt, pursue), from Vulgar Latin 'captiare', from Latin 'captare' (to try to catch) - the same root that gives English 'catch' by a different path.
What can CHASE teach us?
Some things run only because you chase them; stand still and they may turn around.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.