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inch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynce, borrowed from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”). Doublet of ounce.
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
- (figuratively) A very short distance.
- "Don't move an inch!"
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (inchi)
- ? Korean: ?? (inchi)
Translations
Verb
inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)
- (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- thou
- mil
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic innis
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- (Scotland) A small island
Usage notes
- Found especially in the names of small Scottish islands, e.g. Inchcolm, Inchkeith.
Anagrams
- Ch'in, Chin, chin, ichn-
Middle English
Noun
inch
- Alternative form of ynche
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chase
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?e?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Late Latin capti?re, present active infinitive of capti?, from Latin capt?, frequentative of capi?. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”), see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”).Doublet of catch.
Alternative forms
- chace (obsolete)
Noun
chase (countable and uncountable, plural chases)
- The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
- A hunt.
- (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
- (Britain) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 14:
- Outside, the stately oaks, rooted for ages in the green ground which has never known ploughshare, but was still a chase when kings rode to battle with sword and shield and rode a-hunting with bow and arrow, bear witness to his greatness.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 14:
- Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
- (obsolete) A wild animal that is hunted.
- Synonym: game
- 1575, George Gascoigne, The Noble Arte of Venerie of Hunting, London: Christopher Barker, Chapter 40, p. 111,[1]
- As touching the Harte and such other light chases or beasts of Uenerie, the huntesmen on horsebacke may followe theyr houndes alwayes by the same wayes that they saw him passe ouer,
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act V, Scene 2,[2]
- Hold, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,
- For I myself must hunt this deer to death.
- (nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
- (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.
- (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.
- (cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
- (music) A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
chase (third-person singular simple present chases, present participle chasing, simple past and past participle chased)
- (transitive) To pursue.
- (transitive) To follow at speed.
- (transitive) To hunt.
- (transitive) To seek to attain.
- the team are chasing their first home win this season.
- (transitive) To seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way.
- He spends all his free time chasing girls.
- (transitive, nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
- (transitive) To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser
- I need something to chase this shot with.
- (transitive, cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
- Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.
- (transitive, baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch
- Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.
- (transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed
- The rally chased the starter.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:chase.
Synonyms
- pursue
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- follow
Etymology 2
Perhaps from French châsse (“case”, “reliquary”), from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.
Noun
chase (plural chases)
- (printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
Translations
Etymology 3
Possibly from obsolete French chas (“groove”, “enclosure”), from Old French, from Latin capsa, box. Or perhaps a shortening or derivative of enchase.
Noun
chase (plural chases)
- A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
- (architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
- The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
- The cavity of a mold.
- (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.
Translations
Verb
chase (third-person singular simple present chases, present participle chasing, simple past and past participle chased)
- (transitive) To groove; indent.
- (transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
- (transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
- (transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
Translations
Anagrams
- Chaes, Cheas, HACEs, aches, e-cash, ecash
Further reading
- chase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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