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1. silsile bağ, zincir; chain letter zincirleme mektup, chain of command komu, chain belt zincir kayış, chain lightning yılankavi şekilde görünen şimşek, chain armor zincirden örülmüş zırh, chain gang prangalı mahkumlar takımı, öIçme zinciri; zincire vurmak,.

Etymology : Middle English cheyne, from Middle French chaeine, from Latin catena
Pronunciation : 'chAn
Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. chains metal shackles; for hands or legs [syn: iron, irons, chain].
2. 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.
3. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
4. 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.
5. An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
6. Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
7. The warp threads of a web.
8. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
9. To keep in slavery; to enslave.
10. To unite closely and strongly.
11. To measure with the chain.
12. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. a series of rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; anything that acts as a restraint a number of similar establishments under one ownership a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" a series of linked atoms British biochemist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming a unit of length fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together" connect or arrange into a chain by linking.