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chain definition
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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
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