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Chain

noun

1.

A series of things depending on each other as if linked together. Synonym: concatenation. "A complicated concatenation of circumstances"

2.

(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule). Synonym: chemical chain.

3.

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

4.

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

5.

Anything that acts as a restraint.

6.

A unit of length.

7.

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

8.

A series of hills or mountains. Synonyms: chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains. "The plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

9.

A linked or connected series of objects.

10.

A necklace made by a stringing objects together. Synonyms: strand, string. "A strand of pearls"

verb

(past & past part. chained; pres. part. chaining)

1.

Connect or arrange into a chain by linking.

2.

Fasten or secure with chains.

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"Chain" Quotes from Famous Books

... singing to it till the search was over and the soldiers gone. Then the child put her head in her mamma's lap, and sobbed from pure nervousness. But she had kept her promise, the loyal little soul. In years to come, she made and kept another promise, that the first one led to, as links in a chain. ...

— That Old-Time Child, Roberta • Sophie Fox Sea

... the four lines of men sleeping by their kits, and a few officers' horses and a little knot of ten mules for the last buck-waggon. It was an utterly still moonlight night, only broken by the distant chirruping of frogs and the occasional tinkle of a mule's chain. ...

— In the Ranks of the C.I.V. • Erskine Childers

... longer with some elephants than others, they appear to take in a knowledge of the nature of the things they are required to lift, and the bundle of clothes will be thrown up sharply as before, but heavy things, such as a crowbar or a piece of iron chain, will be handed up in a gentle manner; a sharp knife will be picked up by its handle and placed on the elephant's head, so that the mahout may take it by the handle. I have purposely given elephants things to lift which ...

— The Dawn of Reason - or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals • James Weir

... and Montezuma met, was the customary exchange of presents. Cortes presented Montezuma with a chain of colored glass beads, and in return the Aztec ruler gave Cortes a house which was large enough to accommodate ...

— Discoverers and Explorers • Edward R. Shaw

... feel but which is hard to describe, and to us his generosity is sometimes embarrassing. At Peel River a band of Kogmollycs met us, carrying on board pieces of their ivory-carving. One man exhibited a watch-chain containing fifteen links and a cross-bar, all carved from a single piece of ivory. He wanted thirty-five dollars or the equivalent of that for his work, saying that it represented the leisure hours of two months. ...

— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron

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