CHAIN
\t͡ʃˈe͡ɪn], \tʃˈeɪn], \tʃ_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of CHAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
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anything that acts as a restraint
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a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
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a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
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fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
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a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
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(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
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a unit of length
By Princeton University
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a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
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anything that acts as a restraint
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a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
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a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
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fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
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That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
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A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
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An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
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Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
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The warp threads of a web.
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To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
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To keep in slavery; to enslave.
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To unite closely and strongly.
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To measure with the chain.
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To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
By Oddity Software
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A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
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That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
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A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
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An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
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Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
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The warp threads of a web.
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To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
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To keep in slavery; to enslave.
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To unite closely and strongly.
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To measure with the chain.
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To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
By Noah Webster.
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A series of links or rings joined together; a connected series or succession; as, a chain of events.
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To fasten, secure, or connect with a chain; fetter; restrain.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A series of links or rings passing through one another: a number of things coming after each other: anything that binds: a measure of 100 links, 66 feet long.
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To bind with or as with a chain.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To fasten, as with a chain.
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A string of interlinked rings or links; a series; range, as of mountains; a surveyors measuring line of 100 links.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A series of links or rings, connected or fitted into one another; a bond, or anything which binds; bondage; a series linked together; a measure of 100 links, or 66 feet.
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To fasten with a chain; to restrain; to connect; to enslave; to obstruct.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] A series of links or rings connected and fitted into one another for use or ornament;—a fetter or manacle;—a neck ornament;—a range as of mountains;—a succession of events or ideas;—a line for measuring land, being 100 links, equal to 66 feet;—a strong iron plate bolted to a ship's side.
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