A series of interconnected things.
A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
A long measuring tape.
A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
A livery collar, a chain of office.
The warp threads of a web.
To link multiple items together.
To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
To obligate.
To fasten something with a chain.
To secure someone with fetters.
To load and automatically run (a program).
To be chained to another data item.
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
A small number.
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
A couple-close.
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
A turning effect created by forces that sum to zero in magnitude but produce a non-zero external torque.
Two or (a) small number of.
To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
Two or a few, a small number of.