Synonym: bind, fasten, restrain, shackle. Similar words: chair, chairman, wheelchair, maintain, hair, chap., charm, Chart.. Meaning: [tʃeɪn] 
n. 1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together 2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) 3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4. 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) 8. a series of hills or mountains 9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together. v. 1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking 2. fasten or secure with chains.
n. 1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together 2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) 3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4. 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) 8. a series of hills or mountains 9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together. v. 1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking 2. fasten or secure with chains. 
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61. Pesticides work their way up the food chain from plants, through insects and birds to humans.
62. The Aleutian chain is a long arc of islands in the North Pacific.
63. The Rockies are a mountain chain/range in the western USA.
64. Their chain of pubs and restaurants brings in millions of pounds a year.
65. The Government fear the strike may produce a chain reaction in other industries.
66. The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.
67. There has been an unbroken chain of great violinists in the family.
68. The company owns a chain of hotels along/on the Atlantic seaboard.
69. It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets.
70. The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.
71. The change of plan set off a chain reaction of confusion.
72. Some people believe that work is a better means of order and discipline than chain and castigation.
73. Apart from his earnings as a football coach, he also owns and runs a chain of sports shops.
74. Pollution is affecting many creatures lower down the food chain.
75. Put the chain on the door if you are alone in the house.
76. We witnessed a remarkable chain of events in eastern Europe in 1989.
77. I kept the key on a chain round my neck.
78. There are savings to be made where retailers are bypassed in the chain of distribution.
79. The responsibility was a ball and chain around my ankle.
80. The sales manager is regarded as the weakest link in the chain.
81. Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.
82. The Knightsbridge branch is the jewel in the crown of a 500-strong chain of stores.
83. Round her neck was a cross on a silver chain.
84. Mary was wearing a beautiful silver chain around her neck.
85. Daylight disclosed a chain of lakes and rivers in the distance.
86. She went straight for the one weak link in the chain of his argument.
87. She wore a small silver cross on a chain round her neck.
88. He wore the watch and chain looped round his neck like a medallion.
89. She had a silver peace symbol hanging on a chain around her neck.
90. They quickly formed a human chain to move the equipment.