Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: chased
IPA transcription: [tʃ'eɪst]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: pursued, chased
    Meaning: a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"
Usage examples
  • CHASED BY PIRATES.
  • TOM LINCOLN CHASED BY INDIANS
  • The color came back to Susan's face in a flood, and frank delight chased the terror from her eyes.
  • This when she opened proved to contain a delicately chased little envelope opener, shaped like a tiny scimitar.
  • A spasm of incredulity, a vast relief, and that sharp joy which comes of reaction chased each other across my mind.
  • 'O heavens! with my eyes verily I behold a dear friend of mine chased round and round the city, and my heart is sorrowful.'
  • The Duke of Valentinois broke in the doors, chased out for himself forty of the most beautiful, and handed over the rest to his army.
  • It shone full across the window of Virginia's room, but she was dreaming of being chased by bears, and only turned uneasily in her sleep.
  • They persist in not being frightened by the gold and silver camels, and they are banded together to defy the elaborately chased ice-pails.
  • The farmer had stopped sawing to rest, just then; and when he heard the singing he rushed out of the shed, and chased Tom away with a big stick of wood.