to follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.-to seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.-to proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.-to clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.-to leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.-to seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.-to prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.-to woo; to pay addresses as a lover.-to be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.