chain
noun
- 1
British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
- 2
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
- 3
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
a string of beads
a strand of pearls
- 4
anything that acts as a restraint
- 5
a linked or connected series of objects
a chain of daisies
- 6
(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
- 7
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
the chain of command
a complicated concatenation of circumstances
- 8
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
- 9
a series of hills or mountains
the valley was between two ranges of hills
the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
- 10
a unit of length
verb
- 1
fasten or secure with chains
Chain the chairs together
- 2
connect or arrange into a chain by linking
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