French Meaning of chain
chaîne
Other French words related to chaîne
Nearest Words of chain
- chain armor => Cotte de mailles
- chain armour => Cotte de mailles
- chain fern => Fougère d'eau
- chain gang => équipe de bagnards
- chain letter => lettre piégée
- chain lightning => Éclair en chaîne
- chain mail => Cotte de mailles
- chain of mountains => Chaîne de montagnes
- chain pickerel => brochet maillé
- chain pike => Pique à chaîne
Definitions and Meaning of chain in English
chain (n)
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 stringing objects together
chain (v)
connect or arrange into a chain by linking
fasten or secure with chains
chain (n.)
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.
chain (v. t.)
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.
FAQs About the word chain
chaîne
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
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chaim weizmann => Chaim Weizmann, chaim soutine => Chaïm Soutine, chaim azriel weizmann => Chaïm Azriel Weizmann, chahta => chahta, chagrined => chagriné,
