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chain

noun
  1. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
  2. a necklace made by a stringing objects together
    string
  3. anything that acts as a restraint
  4. a linked or connected series of objects
    “a chain of daisies”
  5. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
  6. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
    “the chain of command”
    concatenation
  7. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
    chemical chain
  8. a series of hills or mountains
    rangemountain rangerange of mountainsmountain chainchain of mountains
  9. a unit of length
verb
  1. to fasten or secure with chains
  2. to connect or arrange into a chain by linking