chain
/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/ verb C2- To fasten something with a chain. · You should chain your bicycle to the railings to protect it from being stolen.
- To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings · Sometimes I feel like I'm chained to this computer.· She's been chained to her principles since she was 18, it's unlikely you can convince her otherwise.
- To link multiple items together.
- To secure someone with fetters.
- To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
- To obligate.
- To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
- To be chained to another data item.
He/she/it chains · Past chained · Past participle chained · -ing form chaining
Verb forms
- Base form
- chain
- He/she/it
- chains
- Past
- chained
- Past participle
- chained
- -ing form
- chaining
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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You see the whole thing is a chain of logical sequences without a break or flaw.”
The anchor was instantly dropped, and the chain ran rattling through the port-hole.
There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the back of her head, where they were locked together by a little key that was at the end of a chain the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck.
Surely my whole chain of reasoning cannot have been false.
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