n. 1 string, series, combination; sequence, succession, train, course, set, concatenation He owns a chain of bookshops Interruption of the food chain can cause serious ecological consequences. A curious chain of circumstances led me to a small hotel at Torquay in February. 2 restraint, check, trammel, control, confinement, fetter, bond, manacle, shackle, gyve The family finally threw off the chains of poverty
v. 3 shackle, secure, fasten, bind, gyve; confine, fetter, restrain, confine, restrict, tie, limit Prometheus was chained to a rock as punishment for having brought fire to man Marguerite felt chained after twenty years of marriage.