[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chase/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / chase # chase verb (chase, chases, chased, chasing); noun (a chase, chases) «chase» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To chase is to run after someone or something to catch it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#m1) 2. To chase away is to make someone go away by running after them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#m2) 3. A chase is the act of running after someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#m3) 4. To chase a dream is to try hard to get it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#m4) ### In the lessons one moves after another: speeds, distances, the gap getting smaller; in play: chase and tag games at break time; in science: predators chase prey (a cheetah chases a gazelle); in stories: a police chase, a cat-and-mouse chase; phrases: «chase after», «chase away», «cut to the chase» (get to the main point) ### Examples - A dog chases a cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x1) - The fox chases 3 rabbits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x2) - The cat runs 5 m a second and the dog chases at 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x3) - How long until he catches up? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x4) - We played chase in the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x5) - The farmer chased the crows away from the corn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x6) - A cheetah can chase its prey at great speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x7) - The film ends with a long car chase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x8) - She is chasing her dream of becoming a dancer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x9) - There was his sister chasing him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/#x10) ### Note Catching up: the gap shrinks by the difference of speeds each second (7 − 5 = 2 m a second). Time to catch up = gap ÷ difference of speeds. Past: chased. Safety: never chase a ball into the road. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: The promise that five will chase a hundred is read as a reward for keeping the commandments. In Job and Lamentations chasing is a picture of being hunted, as a bird is hunted. In the primary lessons: one moves after another: speeds, distances, the gap getting smaller; in play: chase and tag games at break time; in science: predators chase prey (a cheetah chases a gazelle); in stories: a police chase, a cat-and-mouse chase; phrases: «chase after», «chase away», «cut to the chase» (get to the main point) ### Examples - And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. (Torah LEV.26.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x1) - And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. (Torah LEV.26.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x2) - And the Amorites, that dwell in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah. (Torah DEU.1.44, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x3) - He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (Writings JOB.18.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x4) - They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause. (Writings LAM.3.52, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x5) - And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp. (Prophets 1SA.17.53, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x6) ### Note Catching up: the gap shrinks by the difference of speeds each second (7 − 5 = 2 m a second). Time to catch up = gap ÷ difference of speeds. Past: chased. Safety: never chase a ball into the road. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «chase» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«chase» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chase.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «chase» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«chase» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/chase.html) on Mova free.