<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.</li><li>something that binds or restrains; bond: the chain of timidity; the chains of loyalty.</li><li>chains, shackles or fetters: to place a prisoner in chains.</li><li>bondage; servitude: to live one's life in chains.</li><li>Nautical: (in a sailing vessel) the area outboard at the foot of the shrouds of a mast: the customary position of the leadsman in taking soundings.</li><li>tire chain.</li><li>a series of things connected or following in succession: a chain of events.</li><li>a range of mountains.</li><li>a number of similar establishments, as banks, theaters, or hotels, under one ownership or management.</li><li>Chemistry: two or more atoms of the same element, usually carbon, attached as in a chain.</li><li>Surveying, Civil Engineering: a distance-measuring device consisting of a chain of 100 links of equal length, having a total length either of 66 feet (20 meters) Gunter's chain, or surveyor's chain or of 100 feet (30 meters) engineer's chain.</li><li>a unit of length equal to either of these.</li><li>a graduated steel tape used for distance measurements.</li><li>Mathematics: totally ordered set.</li><li>Football: a chain 10 yards (9 meters) in length for determining whether a first down has been earned.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to fasten or secure with a chain: to chain a dog to a post.</li><li>to confine or restrain: His work chained him to his desk.</li><li>Surveying: to measure (a distance on the ground) with a chain or tape.</li><li>Computers: to link (related items, as records in a file or portions of a program) together, especially so that items can be run in sequence.</li><li>to make (a chain stitch or series of chain stitches), as in crocheting.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to form or make a chain.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>