Chain is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CHAIN in dictionary:

VERB:
• to bind with linked rings
• fasten or secure with a chain
• confine with a chain
• To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
• To keep in slavery; to enslave.
• To unite closely and strongly.
• To measure with the chain.
• To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
• connect or arrange into a chain by linking
• fasten or secure with chains
• restrict or fasten with or as if with a chain
NOUN:
• a series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads
• a decorative chain worn round the neck as jewellery or as a badge of office
• a restrictive force or factor
• a sequence of items of the same type forming a line
• a series of connected elements
• a connected series of mountains
• a group of hotels, restaurants, or shops owned by the same company
• a situation in which the sale of a house or flat is dependent on the prospective buyer selling their own or the seller buying another first
• a part of a molecule consisting of a number of atoms bonded together in a linear sequence.
• a figure in a quadrille or similar dance, in which dancers meet and pass each other in a continuous sequence.
• a jointed measuring line consisting of linked metal rods.
• a measure of length equivalent to a chain (66 ft).
• flexible length of connected metal links
• A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
• That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
• A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
• An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
• Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
• The warp threads of a web.
• a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
• (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
• a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
• (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
• anything that acts as a restraint
• a unit of length
• British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
• a series of hills or mountains
• a linked or connected series of objects
• a necklace made by a stringing objects together
• a structure of planks projecting horizontally from a sailing ship's sides abreast of the masts, used to widen the basis for the shrouds.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to bind with a chain (a series of connected rings)

Words related to CHAIN

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Words that contain CHAIN

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How to use CHAIN in a sentence

• The other, who was a head taller than the Sheriff, was clad in a rich but simple garb, with a broad, heavy chain about his neck.
• These taken together form a chain of measures for the protection of the young against the tyranny, greed, or carelessness of employers or parents.
• His thoughts are not linked in chain, but are just so many precious pearls lightly strung on a silken thread.
• A battalion detached from the reserve kept these horsemen in check, and was itself connected with the main body by a chain of skirmishers extended across the valley.
• Now no one can believe that, in similar cases, any man would voluntarily devote all his days to the adding link after link to an endless chain, for the mere pleasure of labor.
• He reached down for it, and as he fumbled for the chain he felt a snake strike at him, just missing him in the darkness, but actually brushing his hand.
• It was like a chain, drawing him remorselessly to them.
• This is the case, especially, on the south, where the coast chain is pierced by a number of streams, some of which have their sources at a considerable distance inland.
• A rope or chain by which a lower yard is suspended.
• Instantly, as if by the starting of a piece of machinery a chain of bags was started ashore from hand to hand.
• He fumbled with his watch chain for a moment, staring out the window.
• The boy did act not unlike a bull pup put for the first time on the lead chain.
• Then she set the tea-table with the best china, every plate and dish resting on a mat of scarlet leaves, while a chain of yellow ones outlined the shining square board.
• But it was evident, the geographical character of the country being given, that the high mountain chain of the Andes formed their background.
• Yet he still lived and rattled his chain by the garden path, but it was a year before our next adventure.
• The mountain chain or Darling Range runs nearly in the direction of north and south.
• The Chain, though it is executed in Column formation, follows upon a figure executed in Front.
• Sometimes her glance would drop to the ring, as if that were a link in the chain of her perplexed reflections.
• Formerly it had been barricaded during the night by an iron chain.
• When this right is gained, then will the tie between India and Great Britain become a golden link of mutual love and service, and the iron chain of a foreign yoke will fall away.
• Afterwards, to make all still more secure, they tied the end of the chain, which came through the rock to a great stone called Keviti, which they sank still deeper.
• He is too far removed from them in the chain of representation.
• Phyllis crowned him with roses and put the chain of gold around his neck.
• The end of the chain protruded from her mouth, and the contents of the bowl became another long chain which welded itself to the end which stuck out beyond her lips.

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