chain

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    a necklace made by a stringing objects together

    a string of beads

    a strand of pearls

  4. 4

    anything that acts as a restraint

  5. 5

    a linked or connected series of objects

    a chain of daisies

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

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

    the chain of command

    a complicated concatenation of circumstances

  8. 8

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

  9. 9

    a series of hills or mountains

    the valley was between two ranges of hills

    the plains lay just beyond the mountain range

  10. 10

    a unit of length

verb

  1. 1

    fasten or secure with chains

    Chain the chairs together

  2. 2

    connect or arrange into a chain by linking

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