To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
To link multiple items together.
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.
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.
A series of interconnected things.
to connect something to something else.
to connect a cellular smartphone to another personal computer in order to give it access to a hotspot.
to restrict something with a tether.
a strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay
a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement
the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant of tethera)