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Verb
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chains, plural;
  1. Fasten or secure with a chain
    • - she chained her bicycle to the railing
  2. Confine with a chain
    • - he had been chained up
    • - as an actuary you will not be chained to a desk
Noun
  1. A connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads

  2. Such a series of links, or a set of them, used to confine a prisoner
    • - the drug dealer is being kept in chains
  3. Such a series of links worn as a decoration; a necklace

  4. Such a series of links worn as a badge of office

  5. A force or factor that binds or restricts someone
    • - the chains of illness
  6. A sequence of items of the same type forming a line
    • - he kept the chain of buckets supplied with water
  7. A sequence or series of connected elements
    • - a chain of events
    • - the food chain
  8. A group of establishments, such as hotels, stores, or restaurants, owned by the same company
    • - the nation's largest hotel chain
  9. A range of mountains
    • - a chain of volcanic ridges
  10. A part of a molecule consisting of a number of atoms (typically carbon) bonded together in a linear sequence

  11. A figure in a quadrille or similar dance, in which dancers meet and pass each other in a continuous sequence

  12. A jointed measuring line consisting of linked metal rods

  13. The length of such a measuring line (66 ft.)

  14. A measuring chain of ten yards, used in the determination of first downs

  15. A structure of planks projecting horizontally from a sailing ship's sides abreast of the masts, used to widen the basis for the shrouds

  1. irons: metal shackles; for hands or legs
  2. (chain) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
  3. (chain) connect or arrange into a chain by linking
  4. (chain) (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
  5. (chain) fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
  6. (chain) a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
  7. Please Please Me is the debut album by the English rock band The Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles "Please Please Me" (number one on most lists but only number two on Record Retailer) and "Love Me Do" ( ...
  8. "Chains" is the final episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Power-mad and self-professed "master of disguise", Prince Ludwig the Indestructible kidnaps Lord Blackadder and Lord Melchett. ...
  9. The Chains is the name given to the north-west plateau of Exmoor, Somerset, England. This plateau lies above the contour line, and includes the source of the River Barle.
  10. "Chains" is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1988. It was included on her third album with MCA Records, Honky Tonk Angel, with the single being released in December 1989. It was the fifth single released from the album.
  11. Chains is a play by the English playwright Elizabeth Baker. It was first performed in April 1909 by the Play Actors Subscription Society at the Court Theatre.
  12. "Chains" is a song composed by the Brill Building husband-and-wife songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King and was a minor hit for Little Eva’s backing singers, The Cookies (#17 U.S.), and later covered by The Beatles.
  13. (chainage) An imaginary line used to measure distance, often corresponding to the centre of a straight road; A distance measured along such a line
  14. (Chain) In real estate measurements (surveying), a chain is 66 feet long or 100 links, each link being 7.92 inches.  The measurement may change when used in fields other than surveying.
  15. (Chain) A stretchable plastic chain used to hold archwires into brackets and to move teeth.
  16. (chain) Metal links that are locked together to make a strong and flexible line. Chains are typically used for anchors and other places where high loads may be exerted on the line, particularly in large vessels.
  17. (Chain) Unit of length usually understood to be Gunter's chain, but possibly variant by locale. Chains equal to 2 poles (one half the standard length) are found in Virginia. The name comes from the heavy metal chain of 100 links that was used by surveyors to measure property bounds.
  18. (Chain (Fusee)) Looks like a miniature bi-cycle chain connecting the barrel and fusee.
  19. (Chain) These are the property buyers and sellers that link together to make the chain for your particular sale or purchase. The chain may consist of only two people i.e. you as buyer and the person you are buying from as seller or it may consist of several buyers and sellers. ...
  20. (Chain) A term of land measurement that is 66 feet in length.
  21. (Chain) If a buyer is dependent upon completion of the sale of his house before he can purchase his new property it may result in a chain of buyers and sellers and delay the sales process.
  22. (Chain) The parties involved in a transaction i.e. Mr A buying from Mr B buying from Mr C (here there are 3 in the chain).
  23. (Chain) Linked metal that runs from the front sprocket to the back sprocket to create rotation.
  24. (Chain) This occurs when the seller needs the sale of their house to occur before they can complete the purchase of another property. The same situation may exist for others in the chain. As a result, the whole chain can collapse if one link breaks.
  25. (Chain) a number of people who are dependent on one another's house sale and purchase before they can complete on their own. The longer the chain is, the more likely it is to be broken.