1.  salmon(n = noun.animal) - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn;
is a kind of food fish, salmonid
has parts: salmon
is a member of family salmonidae, salmonidae
has particulars: blackfish, redfish, atlantic salmon, salmo salar, blueback salmon, oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chum, chum salmon, oncorhynchus keta, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon

2.  salmon(n = noun.object) salmon river - a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho;
is a kind of river
is a part of gem state, id, idaho

3.  salmon(n = noun.food) - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae;
is a kind of fish
is a part of salmon
has particulars: atlantic salmon, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon, smoked salmon, kippered salmon

4.  salmon(n = noun.attribute) - a pale pinkish orange color;
is a kind of chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

   salmon(s = adj.all) pink-orange, pinkish-orange - of orange tinged with pink;

1.  Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat. [1913 Webster]
" The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse." [1913 Webster]
" Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock, called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail." [1913 Webster]

2.  A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. [1913 Webster]

   Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon. [1913 Webster]

salmon, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same or (esp. of types) salmons)
1 any anadromous fish of the family Salmonidae, esp. of the genus Salmo, much prized for its (often smoked) pink flesh.
2 Austral. & NZ the barramundi or a similar fish.
--adj. salmon-pink.

Idiom:
salmon-ladder (or -leap) a series of steps or other arrangement incorporated in a dam to allow salmon to pass upstream. salmon-pink the colour of salmon flesh. salmon trout a large silver-coloured trout, Salmo trutta.

Derivative:
salmonoid adj. & n. (in sense 1). salmony adj.

Etymology:
ME f. AF sa(u)moun, OF saumon f. L salmo -onis

atlantic salmon, beaked salmon, blueback salmon, chinook salmon, chum salmon, coho salmon, humpbacked salmon, jack salmon, king salmon, kippered salmon, lake salmon, landlocked salmon, nova salmon, nova scotia salmon, nova style salmon, quinnat salmon, red salmon, rock salmon, salmon berry, salmon loaf, salmon oil, salmon p. chase, salmon pink, salmon portland chase, salmon river, salmon trout, sea salmon, silver salmon, smoked salmon, sockeye salmon

1.  p(n = noun.substance) atomic number 15, phosphorus - a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms;
is a kind of chemical element, element

2.  p(n = noun.communication) - the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet;
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet

   the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phœnician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M. [1913 Webster]

p, n. (also p) (pl. Ps or P's) the sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

p, abbr. (also P.)
1 (on road signs) parking.
2 Chess pawn.
3 Physics poise (unit).
4 proprietary.

p, symb. Chem. the element phosphorus.

p, abbr. (also p.)
1 Brit. penny, pence.
2 page.
3 pico-.
4 piano (softly).

N  council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.

N  evening, eve, decline of day, fall of day, close of day, candlelight, candlelighting, eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour, sunset, sundown, going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime, afternoon, postmeridian, p, m, autumn, fall, fall of the leaf, autumnal equinox, Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer, midnight, dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night, winter, killing time, vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal, midnight, the outpost of advancing day, sable-vested Night, this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd.

N  judge, justice, justiciar, justiciary, chancellor, justice of assize, judge of assize, recorder, common sergeant, puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge, conservator of the peace, justice of the peace, J, P, court, magistrate, police magistrate, beak, his worship, his honor, his lordship, jury, twelve men in a box, Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice, Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron, Mr, Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice, Baron, Baron of the Exchequer, jurat, assessor, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee, referendary, revising barrister, domesman, censor, barmaster, ephor, grand juror, grand juryman, juryman, talesman, archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi, Rhadamanthus, litigant, judicial, a Daniel come to judgment.

letter p, united nations office for drug control and crime p, vitamin p

1.  chase(n = noun.act) following, pursual, pursuit - the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
is a kind of motion, move, movement
has particulars: tracking, trailing, shadowing, tailing, stalk, stalking
Derived forms verb chase₁, verb chase₂

2.  chase(n = noun.person) salmon p. chase, salmon portland chase - United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873);
is a kind of chief justice, pol, political leader, politician, politico

3.  chase(n = noun.artifact) - a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time;
is a kind of frame

1.  chase(v = verb.motion) chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
is one way to follow, pursue
Derived forms noun chase₁, noun chaser₂, noun chaser₁
Sample sentences: They chase the car down the avenue

2.  chase(v = verb.social) chase after - pursue someone sexually or romantically;
is one way to court, romance, solicit, woo
Derived form noun chase₁
Sample sentences: Sam cannot chase Sue

3.  chase(v = verb.contact) - cut a groove into; "chase silver"
is one way to cut
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

4.  chase(v = verb.contact) chamfer, furrow - cut a furrow into a columns;
is one way to cut
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

1.  To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. [1913 Webster]
"We are those which chased you from the field." [1913 Webster]
"Philologists, who chase
A panting syllable through time and place." [1913 Webster]

2.  To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away. [1913 Webster]
"Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place." [1913 Webster]

3.  To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. [1913 Webster]
"Chasing each other merrily." [1913 Webster]

   To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [1913 Webster]

1.  Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
"You see this chase is hotly followed." [1913 Webster]

2.  That which is pursued or hunted. [1913 Webster]
"Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,
For I myself must hunt this deer to death." [1913 Webster]

3.  An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [1913 Webster]

4.  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 his ball in order to gain a point. [1913 Webster]

1.  A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed. [1913 Webster]

2.  The part of a cannon from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon. [1913 Webster]

3.  A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. [1913 Webster]

4.  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. [1913 Webster]

1.  To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. [1913 Webster]

2.  To cut, so as to make a screw thread. [1913 Webster]

chase, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. pursue in order to catch.
2 tr. (foll. by from, out of, to, etc.) drive.
3 intr. a (foll. by after) hurry in pursuit of (a person). b (foll. by round etc.) colloq. act or move about hurriedly.
4 tr. (usu. foll. by up) colloq. pursue (overdue work, payment, etc. or the person responsible for it).
5 tr. colloq. a try to attain. b court persistently and openly.
--n.
1 pursuit.
2 unenclosed hunting-land.
3 (prec. by the) hunting, esp. as a sport.
4 an animal etc. that is pursued.
5 = STEEPLECHASE.

Idiom:
go and chase oneself (usu. in imper.) colloq. depart.

chase, v.tr. emboss or engrave (metal).

chase, n. Printing a metal frame holding composed type.

chase, n.
1 the part of a gun enclosing the bore.
2 a trench or groove cut to receive a pipe etc.

Etymology:
F chas enclosed space f. Prov. ca(u)s f. med.L capsum thorax

N  pursuit, pursuing, prosecution, pursuance, enterprise, business, adventure, quest, 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, pursuing, in quest of, in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit, on the scent, in pursuance of, after, Int, tallyho!, yoicks!, soho!.

VB  pursue, prosecute, follow, run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after, shadow, carry on, engage in, set about, endeavor, court, seek, aim at, follow the trail, fish for, press on, run a race, chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound, tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, rush upon, rush headlong, 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.

VB  ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.

VB  be prominent, project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge, bunch, jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out, stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up, swell over, hang over, bend over, beetle, render prominent, raise, emboss, chase, belly out.

VB  repel, push from, drive apart, drive from, chase, dispel, retrude, abduce, abduct, send away, repulse, keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder, send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.

N  vegetable, vegetable kingdom, flora, verdure, plant, tree, shrub, bush, creeper, herb, herbage, grass, annual, perennial, biennial, triennial, exotic, timber, forest, wood, woodlands, timberland, hurst, frith, holt, weald, park, chase, greenwood, brake, grove, copse, coppice, bocage, tope, clump of trees, thicket, spinet, spinney, underwood, brushwood, scrub, boscage, bosk, ceja, chaparal, motte, arboretum, bush, jungle, prairie, heath, heather, fern, bracken, furze, gorse, whin, grass, turf, pasture, pasturage, turbary, sedge, rush, weed, fungus, mushroom, toadstool, lichen, moss, conferva, mold, growth, alfalfa, alfilaria, banyan, blow, blowth, floret, petiole, pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia, foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella, spray, leaf, flower, blossom, bine, flowering plant, timber tree, fruit tree, pulse, legume, vegetable, vegetal, vegetive, vegitous, herbaceous, herbal, botanic, sylvan, silvan, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arborical, woody, grassy, verdant, verdurous, floral, mossy, lignous, ligneous, wooden, leguminous, vosky, cespitose, turf-like, turfy, endogenous, exogenous, green-robed senators of mighty woods, this is the forest primeval.

chase after, chase away, give chase, paper chase, salmon p. chase, salmon portland chase, wild goose chase, wild-goose chase