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chain
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- pronunciation:
- cheIn
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a series of connected links, usu. made of metal, used for attaching, pulling, binding, or ornamentation.
The prisoners were connected to each other by chains.She put the dog outside on his chain.He wore a gold chain around his neck.
- similar words:
- cable, fetter, fob, tether
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| definition 2: |
something that confines or restrains.
He felt his dreary job was a chain around his neck.- synonyms:
- bond, constraint, fetter, leash, manacle, restraint, shackle, trammel
- similar words:
- check, curb
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| definition 3: |
a series of connected things or events.
A chain of mountains stretched across the state.There has been a chain of robberies in the city.- synonyms:
- progression, sequence, series, string
- similar words:
- concatenation, course, cycle, range, set, succession, train
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| definition 4: |
a series of like business establishments owned by one person or company.
This hotel chain operates only on the east coast.- similar words:
- conglomerate, franchise
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| definition 5: |
(pl.) bondage; captivity.
- synonyms:
- bondage, captivity, servitude, slavery
- similar words:
- bonds, confinement, fetters, incarceration, irons, shackles
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| definition 6: |
a unit of length, used in surveying, that is equal to sixty-six feet or 20.1 meters, and used in engineering, equal to one hundred feet or 30.48 meters.
- synonyms:
- surveyor's measure
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| definition 7: |
a measuring instrument of either of these lengths.
- synonyms:
- surveyor's level
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| related words: |
bead, belt, bit, bondage, leash, line, manacle, progression, tow, trail |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
chains, chaining, chained |
| definition 1: |
to secure, attach, or fasten with a chain.
- similar words:
- bind, enchain, fasten, fetter, handcuff, lash, leash, manacle, moor, secure, shackle, tether, tie
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| definition 2: |
to hold captive; confine.
- synonyms:
- confine, imprison, incarcerate, restrain
- similar words:
- fetter, handcuff, intern, manacle, pen, pinion, restrict, shackle
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| related words: |
bond, hitch, link |
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