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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chain /tʃeɪn/USA pronunciation n. - a series of metal rings passing through one another, used for hauling, for supporting, or as decoration: [countable]Fixing the bicycle chain was a greasy, dirty job.[uncountable]Buy a long length of chain for the motor.
- Nautical, Naval Termschains,
- [countable* used with a plural verb] strong, usually metal rings attached to a prisoner's hands or feet.
- [uncountable* usually, in + ~] bondage;
servitude: to live one's life in chains.
- [countable] a series of things connected one after the other: See if you can reconstruct the chain of events leading up to the murder.
- Geography[countable] a range of mountains one after the other.
- Business a number of businesses under one ownership or management:[countable]a hotel chain.
- Surveying[countable] a unit of length equal to 100 feet (30 m) or 66 feet (20 m), used by surveyors.
v. [~ + object] - to fasten, tie up, or confine with or as if with a chain:They chained the prisoners together.[~ + object + up]They chained the prisoners up.[~ + up + object]She chained up her dogs at night.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chain (chān),USA pronunciation n. - a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- Often, chains. something that binds or restrains;
bond:the chain of timidity; the chains of loyalty. - Nautical, Naval Terms chains:
- shackles or fetters:to place a prisoner in chains.
- bondage;
servitude:to live one's life in chains. - [Naut.](in a sailing vessel) the area outboard at the foot of the shrouds of a mast: the customary position of the leadsman in taking soundings.
- AutomotiveSee tire chain.
- a series of things connected or following in succession:a chain of events.
- a range of mountains.
- Businessa number of similar establishments, as banks, theaters, or hotels, under one ownership or management.
- Chemistrytwo or more atoms of the same element, usually carbon, attached as in a chain. Cf. ring1 (def. 17).
- [Survey., Civ. Engin.]
- Surveyinga distance-measuring device consisting of a chain of 100 links of equal length, having a total length either of 66 ft. (20 m) (Gunter's chain or surveyor's chain) or of 100 ft. (30 m) (engineer's chain.)
- Surveyinga unit of length equal to either of these.
- Surveyinga graduated steel tape used for distance measurements. Abbr.: ch
- MathematicsSee totally ordered set.
- Sport[Football.]a chain 10 yd. (9 m) in length for determining whether a first down has been earned.
- British Terms, Idioms drag the chain, [Australian Slang.]to lag behind or shirk one's fair share of work.
- Nautical, Idioms, Naval Terms in the chains, standing outboard on the channels or in some similar place to heave the lead to take soundings.
v.t. - to fasten or secure with a chain:to chain a dog to a post.
- to confine or restrain:His work chained him to his desk.
- Surveyingto measure (a distance on the ground) with a chain or tape.
- Computingto link (related items, as records in a file or portions of a program) together, esp. so that items can be run in sequence.
- Clothingto make (a chain stitch or series of chain stitches), as in crocheting.
v.i. - to form or make a chain.
- Latin catēna fetter; see catena
- Old French chaeine
- Middle English chayne 1250–1300
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sequence, succession, train, set.
Chain (chān),USA pronunciation n. Sir Ernst Boris (ûrnst, ernst),USA pronunciation 1906–79, English biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel prize for medicine 1945.
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