chain

Nouns

• (n) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
  • the chain of command
  • a complicated concatenation of circumstances
  concatenation,
• (n) (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) chemical chain,
• (n) a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
• (n) (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
• (n) anything that acts as a restraint
• (n) a unit of length
• (n) British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain,
• (n) a series of hills or mountains
  • the valley was between two ranges of hills
  • the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
  chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains, range,
• (n) a linked or connected series of objects
  • a chain of daisies
• (n) a necklace made by a stringing objects together
  • a string of beads
  • a strand of pearls";
  strand, string,

Verbs

• (v) connect or arrange into a chain by linking
• (v) fasten or secure with chains
  • Chain the chairs together

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