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chain definition

chain


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  chain 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  chain 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  chain 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  chain 
 
  1  sense  of  chain 
 
  Sense  1 
  chain 
  =>  fasten,  fix,  secure 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  chain 
 
  chain  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  chain 
 
  Sense  1 
  chain 
  =>  fasten,  fix,  secure 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  chain 
  alpine  golden  chain 
  anchor  chain 
  apparel  chain 
  ball  and  chain 
  branched  chain 
  branched  chain  ketoaciduria 
  chain 
  chain-smoker 
  chain  armor 
  chain  armour 
  chain  fern 
  chain  gang 
  chain  letter 
  chain  lightning 
  chain  mail 
  chain  of  mountains 
  chain  pickerel 
  chain  pike 
  chain  printer 
  chain  reaction 
  chain  reactor 
  chain  saw 
  chain  stitch 
  chain  store 
  chain  tongs 
  chain  wrench 
  chainlink  fence 
  chains 
  chainsaw 
  chemical  chain 
  closed  chain 
  daisy  chain 
  discount  chain 
  engineer's  chain 
  ernst  boris  chain 
  flower  chain 
  food  chain 
  golden  chain 
  gunter's  chain 
  markoff  chain 
  markov  chain 
  mountain  chain 
  nautical  chain 
  open  chain 
  pull  chain 
  restaurant  chain 
  retail  chain 
  sir  ernst  boris  chain 
  straight  chain 
  virginia  chain  fern 
  watch  chain 
 
  Overview  of  noun  chain 
 
  The  noun  chain  has  10  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  chain,  concatenation  --  (a  series  of  things  depending  on  each  other  as  if  linked  together:  "the  chain  of  command";  "a  complicated  concatenation  of  circumstances") 
  2.  (3)  chain,  chemical  chain  --  (a  series  of  linked  atoms  (generally  in  an  organic  molecule)) 
  3.  (2)  chain  --  (a  series  of  (usually  metal)  rings  or  links  fitted  into  one  another  to  make  a  flexible  ligament) 
  4.  (1)  chain  --  (a  number  of  similar  establishments  (stores  or  restaurants  or  banks  or  hotels  or  theaters)  under  one  ownership) 
  5.  (1)  chain  --  (anything  that  acts  as  a  restraint) 
  6.  chain  --  (a  unit  of  length) 
  7.  Chain,  Ernst  Boris  Chain,  Sir  Ernst  Boris  Chain  --  (British  biochemist  (born  in  Germany)  who  isolated  and  purified  penicillin,  which  had  been  discovered  in  1928  by  Sir  Alexander  Fleming  (1906-1979)) 
  8.  range,  mountain  range,  range  of  mountains,  chain,  mountain  chain,  chain  of  mountains  --  (a  series  of  hills  or  mountains;  "the  valley  was  between  two  ranges  of  hills";  "the  plains  lay  just  beyond  the  mountain  range") 
  9.  iron,  irons,  chain,  chains  --  (metal  shackles;  for  hands  or  legs) 
  10.  chain,  string,  strand  --  (a  necklace  made  by  a  stringing  objects  together;  "a  string  of  beads"  or  "a  strand  of  pearls") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  chain 
 
  The  verb  chain  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  chain  --  (fasten  or  secure  with  chains;  "Chain  the  chairs  together") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  chain 
  chained 
  chainlike 
  closed-chain 
  open-chain 
 
  Overview  of  noun  chain 
 
  The  noun  chain  has  10  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  chain,  concatenation  --  (a  series  of  things  depending  on  each  other  as  if  linked  together:  "the  chain  of  command";  "a  complicated  concatenation  of  circumstances") 
  2.  (3)  chain,  chemical  chain  --  (a  series  of  linked  atoms  (generally  in  an  organic  molecule)) 
  3.  (2)  chain  --  (a  series  of  (usually  metal)  rings  or  links  fitted  into  one  another  to  make  a  flexible  ligament) 
  4.  (1)  chain  --  (a  number  of  similar  establishments  (stores  or  restaurants  or  banks  or  hotels  or  theaters)  under  one  ownership) 
  5.  (1)  chain  --  (anything  that  acts  as  a  restraint) 
  6.  chain  --  (a  unit  of  length) 
  7.  Chain,  Ernst  Boris  Chain,  Sir  Ernst  Boris  Chain  --  (British  biochemist  (born  in  Germany)  who  isolated  and  purified  penicillin,  which  had  been  discovered  in  1928  by  Sir  Alexander  Fleming  (1906-1979)) 
  8.  range,  mountain  range,  range  of  mountains,  chain,  mountain  chain,  chain  of  mountains  --  (a  series  of  hills  or  mountains;  "the  valley  was  between  two  ranges  of  hills";  "the  plains  lay  just  beyond  the  mountain  range") 
  9.  iron,  irons,  chain,  chains  --  (metal  shackles;  for  hands  or  legs) 
  10.  chain,  string,  strand  --  (a  necklace  made  by  a  stringing  objects  together;  "a  string  of  beads"  or  "a  strand  of  pearls") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  chain 
 
  The  verb  chain  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  chain  --  (fasten  or  secure  with  chains;  "Chain  the  chairs  together") 



chain definition