chase
part of speech
verb (chase, chases, chased, chasing); noun (a chase, chases)
meaning for a pupil
1) To chase is to run after someone or something to catch it. tree →
2) To chase away is to make someone go away by running after them. tree →
3) A chase is the act of running after someone. tree →
4) To chase a dream is to try hard to get it. tree →
sense in the lessons
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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (Writings JOB.18.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause. (Writings LAM.3.52, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp. (Prophets 1SA.17.53, JPS 1917) tree →
- A dog chases a cat. tree →
- The fox chases 3 rabbits. tree →
- The cat runs 5 m a second and the dog chases at 7. tree →
- How long until he catches up? tree →
- We played chase in the playground. tree →
- The farmer chased the crows away from the corn. tree →
- A cheetah can chase its prey at great speed. tree →
- The film ends with a long car chase. tree →
- She is chasing her dream of becoming a dancer. tree →
- There was his sister chasing him. tree →
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 the corpora
- And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
- And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entrance of the gate.
- And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp.
- A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.
- He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «chase» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.