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List of meaning for chain

chain, concatenation(noun)

a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

"the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"

chain, chemical chain(noun)

(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

chain(noun)

a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

chain(noun)

(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

chain(noun)

anything that acts as a restraint

chain(noun)

a unit of length

Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain(noun)

British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains(noun)

a series of hills or mountains

"the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

chain(noun)

a linked or connected series of objects

"a chain of daisies"

chain, string, strand(verb)

a necklace made by a stringing objects together

"a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

chain(verb)

connect or arrange into a chain by linking

chain(verb)

fasten or secure with chains

"Chain the chairs together"

a series of things linked together

the chain of events that led the American colonies to seek independence from Great Britain

something that makes movement or progress difficult

this community will grow and prosper only after it has thrown off the chains of ignorance and prejudice

something that physically prevents free movement

chains on the prisoner's ankles

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

chaining up the dog in the backyard

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

the prosecutor meticulously and brilliantly chained all the evidence together in his closing argument

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