prosecution; pursuance; enterprise &c (undertaking) 676; business &c
625; adventure &c (essay) 675; quest &c (search) 461; scramble, hue and
cry, game; hobby; still-hunt.
chase, hunt, battue†, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing;
venation, venery; fox chase; sport, sporting; shooting, angling,
fishing, hawking; shikar (Geog loc:India).
pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari (Geog loc:India), sportsman,
Nimrod; hound &c 366.
V. pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt
after, prowl after; shadow; carry on &c (do) 680; engage in &c
(undertake) 676; set about &c (begin) 66; endeavor &c 675; court &c
(request) 765; seek &c (search) 461; aim at &c (intention) 620; follow
the trail &c (trace) 461; fish for &c (experiment) 463; press on &c
(haste) 684; run a race &c (velocity) 274.
chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels,
follow on the heels of, &c (sequence) 281.
rush upon; rush headlong &c (violence) 173, ride full tilt at, run
full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game.
tread a path; take a course, hold a course; shape one's steps,
direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's
way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride
one's hobby.
Adj. pursuing &c v.; in quest of &c (inquiry) 461; in pursuit, in full
cry, in hot pursuit; on the scent.
Adv. in pursuance of &c (intention) 620; after.
Int. tallyho!, yoicks!, soho!†,