Definition of sue

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