chain
[ cheyn ]
/ tʃeɪn /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to form or make a chain.
Idioms for chain
drag the chain, Australian Slang.
to lag behind or shirk one's fair share of work.
in the chains, Nautical.
standing outboard on the channels or in some similar place to heave the lead to take soundings.
Origin of chain
OTHER WORDS FROM chain
chain·less, adjective chain·like, adjective in·ter·chain, verb (used with object) un·chained, adjectiveWords nearby chain
chagrin,
chagul,
chahar,
chai,
chaikovski,
chain,
chain coral,
chain drive,
chain fern,
chain gang,
chain gear
Definition for chain (2 of 2)
Chain
[ cheyn ]
/ tʃeɪn /
noun
Sir Ernst Boris
[urnst, ernst] /ɜrnst, ɛrnst/,1906–79,
English biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
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British Dictionary definitions for chain (1 of 2)
chain
/ (tʃeɪn) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for chain
C13: from Old French
chaine, ultimately from Latin; see
catena
British Dictionary definitions for chain (2 of 2)
Chain
/ (tʃeɪn) /
noun
Sir Ernst Boris. 1906–79, British biochemist, born in Germany: purified and adapted penicillin for clinical use; with Fleming and Florey shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1945
Medical definitions for chain (1 of 2)
chain
[ chān ]
n.
A group of atoms covalently bonded in a spatial configuration like links in a chain.
A linear arrangement of living things such as cells or bacteria.
Medical definitions for chain (2 of 2)
Chain
[ chān ]
German-born British biochemist. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for isolating and purifying penicillin, discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming.
Scientific definitions for chain (1 of 2)
chain
[ chān ]
A group of atoms, often of the same element, bound together in a line, branched line, or ring to form a molecule.♦ In a straight chain, each of the constituent atoms is attached to other single atoms, not to groups of atoms.♦ In a branched chain, side groups are attached to the chain.♦ In a closed chain, the atoms are arranged in the shape of a ring.
Scientific definitions for chain (2 of 2)
Chain
Sir Ernst Boris 1906-1979
German-born British bacteriologist who, with Howard Florey, developed and purified penicillin in 1939. For this work, they shared a 1945 Nobel Prize with Alexander Fleming, who first discovered the antibiotic in 1928.
Idioms and Phrases with chain
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