<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.</li><li>to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.</li><li>to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.: He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.</li><li>to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.</li><li>an object of pursuit; something chased.</li><li>Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.</li><li>British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.</li><li>a steeplechase.</li><li>the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting: the excitement of the chase.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.</li></ul>