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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151. Branching out: A northern store chain is helping to open branches of a different kind.
152. We worked with one hotel chain that avowed to the point of dementia its commitment to customer service and comfort.
153. Chain your steering wheel to the clutch, brake pedal or a seat.
154. The abattoirs are licensed to slaughter cattle not destined for the food chain.
155. It was a gold chain, and on the end of it was a picture of a very beautiful woman.
156. He did a stint on a chain gang, and he became a professional boxer for a while.
157. Both the anorexic and the mystic are impervious to this simple chain of events.
158. This belief was like a ball and chain for the allied war effort.
159. Selling price is around ￡30, from Argos, Texas, other major chain and d-i-y stores, and specialist electrical shops.
160. We regularly take it that a causal circumstance is linked by way of a causal chain or sequence to its effect.
161. He slid the bolts on the front door and put the safety chain across.
162. Firefighters formed a human chain to carry the four brothers to safety but they found to be dead at hospital.
163. I heave on the baseball bat, and wrench the chain from the big guy's hand.
164. If her grandfather removed the ball and chain, he wrote, would she visit?
165. And heaven forbid that you should be served by some one in a chain coffee house with a regional accent.
166. In reality, of course(sentencedict.com), they are the result of a long chain of conscious decision making.
167. In order to break the chain of causation the third party act must be independent of the breach of duty.
168. The second accident did not break the chain of causation as it was a natural consequence of the first accident.
169. The huge beast strained at the great iron chain clasped to the collar round its neck.
170. Even after he had clubbed it to death it was part of him, his ball and chain.
171. A reduced short chain fatty acid concentration has also been reported in pouch contents from patients with pouchitis compared with those without.
172. In general, the longer the chain, the less stable the interacting web to environmental disruption.
173. Thrifty Payless Inc., the largest drugstore chain in the West, operates 1, 048 stores in 11 Western states.
174. No one at Safeway Stores, the other major grocery chain in the Washington-Baltimore area, was available for comment.
175. The chain had not been replaced, nor would it ever be, and warm, fresh blankets covered her.
176. The warder peered through the observation slot then selected a key from the long chain that dangled from his belt.
177. And walked back to the hotel minus her ball and chain.
178. Later I removed the back wheel, refitted it,[www.Sentencedict.com] adjusted the chain tension and replaced a headlight bulb.
179. It was attached to a rusty chain hidden in the bracken.
180. A handful of new outlets will be launched next year and if successful, will lead to an even bigger chain.