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Substantiivit

1. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
2. (printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.
3. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
4. A hunt.
5. (architecture) A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring; an hollow space in the wall of a building containing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
6. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
7. (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
8. The cavity of a mold.
9. (British) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
10. (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.
11. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
12. (nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
13. (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.
14. (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.

Verbit

1. (transitive) To groove; indent.
2. (transitive) To pursue, to follow at speed.
3. (transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
4. (transitive) To hunt.
5. (transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
6. (intransitive) To give chase; to hunt.
7. (transitive, nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
8. (transitive) To dilute alcohol.
9. (transitive, cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
10. (transitive, baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch
11. (transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed