chains

Meanings

Noun

• metal shackles; for hands or legs
• 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
• plural of chain

Verb

• connect or arrange into a chain by linking
• fasten or secure with chains
• third-person singular simple present indicative of chain

Synonyms

Chain, chain, chain of mountains, chemical chain, concatenation, Ernst Boris Chain, irons, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains, Sir Ernst Boris Chain, strand, string

Antonyms

unchain