chain: Meaning and Definition of

chain

1. to fasten or secure with a chain: to chain a dog to a post.
2. to confine or restrain: His work chained him to his desk.
3. to measure (a distance on the ground) with a chain or tape.
4. to link (related items, as records in a file or portions of a program) together, esp. so that items can be run in sequence.
5. to make (a chain stitch or series of chain stitches), as in crocheting.

1. to form or make a chain.

Chain

1. 1906–79, English biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel prize for medicine 1945.