usage: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
2. chain, concatenation, series
usage: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
3. chain, chemical chain, unit, building block
usage: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
4. chain, ligament
usage: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
5. chain, business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
usage: anything that acts as a restraint
6. chain, restraint, constraint
usage: a unit of length
7. chain, linear unit, linear measure
usage: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
8. Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain
usage: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
9. range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains, geological formation, formation
usage: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies"
10. chain, necklace
usage: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
Verb
1. chain, arrange, set up
usage: connect or arrange into a chain by linking
2. chain, fasten, fix, secure
usage: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"