chain

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I - noun

1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together (Freq. 14)
- the chain of command
- a complicated concatenation of circumstances
• Syn:
concatenation
• Derivationally related forms:
catenulate, catenate
• Hypernyms:
series
• Hyponyms:
catena, daisy chain
2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
chemical chain
• Derivationally related forms:
catenulate, catenate
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
unit, building block
• Hyponyms:
closed chain, ring, long chain, long-chain molecule, open chain
• Part Holonyms:
molecule
3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
ligament
• Hyponyms:
anchor chain, anchor rope, bicycle chain, chatelaine, fob,
watch chain, watch guard, paper chain, pull chain, tire chain, snow chain
• Part Holonyms:
chain printer, chain tongs, bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle
4. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
• Hypernyms:
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
• Hyponyms:
apparel chain, discount chain, restaurant chain, retail chain
• Member Meronyms:
chain store
5. anything that acts as a restraint (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
restraint, constraint
6. a unit of length
• Hypernyms:
linear unit, linear measure
• Hyponyms:
Gunter's chain, engineer's chain, nautical chain
• Part Meronyms:
yard, pace, link
7. a series of hills or mountains
- the valley was between two ranges of hills
- the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
• Syn:
range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains
• Hypernyms:
geological formation, formation
• Instance Hyponyms:
Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains, Admiralty Range, Alaska Range, Alleghenies,
Allegheny Mountains, Alps, the Alps, Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains, Andes,
Apennines, Appalachians, Appalachian Mountains, Atlas Mountains, Australian Alps, Balkans,
Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range, Berkshires, Berkshire Hills, Black Hills, Blue Ridge Mountains,
Blue Ridge, Cantabrian Mountains, Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains, Cascades, Cascade Range,
Cascade Mountains, Catskills, Catskill Mountains, Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains, Coast Range,
Coast Mountains, Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau, Dolomite Alps, Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands,
Great Smoky Mountains, Green Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya,
Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains, Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh,
Mustagh Range, Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains,
Mesabi Range, Mount Carmel, Nan Ling, Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau,
Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs, Pyrenees, Rhodope Mountains, Rockies, Rocky Mountains,
Sacramento Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, sierra, Sierra Madre Occidental,
Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra, St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains,
Taconic Mountains, Teton Range, Tien Shan, Tyan Shan, Transylvanian Alps, Tyrolean Alps,
Urals, Ural Mountains
• Part Meronyms:
massif, pass, mountain pass, notch
8. a linked or connected series of objects
- a chain of daisies
• Hypernyms:
necklace
9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together
- a string of beads
- a strand of pearls
• Syn:
string, strand
• Derivationally related forms:
string (for: string)
• Hypernyms:
necklace

II - verb

1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
concatenate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. fasten or secure with chains
- Chain the chairs together
• Ant:
unchain
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  string, strand, range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains, Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain, chemical chain, concatenation