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