Meaning & use
chased
Ran or moved quickly after someone or something in order to catch them.
See it in a sentence
The dog chased the squirrel across the yard until it scrambled up a tree.
Reporters chased the senator down the hallway, shouting questions about the scandal.
A note on using this word
Chase can also describe pursuing an abstract goal, as in 'chased her dream of becoming a pilot.'
Words with a similar meaning
pursuedhunted
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
fled
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Describing metal decorated with a design hammered or engraved into its surface.
The museum displayed a chased silver goblet from the seventeenth century.
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