chain
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
the chain of command
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Sense 2 verb
connect or arrange into a chain by linking
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Sense 3 noun
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
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Sense 4 verb
fasten or secure with chains
Chain the chairs together
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Sense 5 noun
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
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Sense 6 noun
(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
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Sense 7 noun
anything that acts as a restraint
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Sense 8 noun
a unit of length
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Sense 9 noun
a series of hills or mountains
the valley was between two ranges of hills
Types & categories
- geological formation
- Adirondacks
- Admiralty Range
- Alaska Range
- Alleghenies
- Alps
- Altai Mountains
- Andes
- Apennines
- Appalachians
- Atlas Mountains
- Australian Alps
- Balkans
- Berkshires
- Black Hills
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Cantabrian Mountains
- Carpathians
- Cascades
- Catskills
- Caucasus
- Coast Range
- Cumberland Mountains
- Dolomite Alps
- Great Dividing Range
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Green Mountains
- Guadalupe Mountains
- Himalayas
- Hindu Kush
- Karakoram
- Kunlun
- Mesabi Range
- Mount Carmel
- Nan Ling
- Ozarks
- Pamir Mountains
- Pyrenees
- Rhodope Mountains
- Rockies
- Sacramento Mountains
- San Juan Mountains
- Sayan Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- sierra
- Sierra Madre Occidental
- Sierra Madre Oriental
- Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Sierra Nevada
- St. Elias Range
- Taconic Mountains
- Teton Range
- Tien Shan
- Transylvanian Alps
- Tyrolean Alps
- Urals
Parts & wholes
Sense 10 noun
a linked or connected series of objects
a chain of daisies
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Sense 11 noun
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
a string of beads
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | catenate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | series |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catena |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | daisy chain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | concatenate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catenate |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | molecule |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | building block |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | closed chain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | long chain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | open chain |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | unchain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chain |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chain |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bicycle |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chain printer |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chain tongs |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ligament |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | anchor chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bicycle chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chatelaine |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | watch chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | paper chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tire chain |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 6 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | chain store |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | business |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | apparel chain |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | discount chain |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | restaurant chain |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | retail chain |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | yard |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | link |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | Gunter's chain |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | engineer's chain |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | nautical chain |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | massif |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mountain pass |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | geological formation |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Adirondacks |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Admiralty Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alaska Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alleghenies |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Altai Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Andes |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Apennines |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Appalachians |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Atlas Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Australian Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Balkans |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Berkshires |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Black Hills |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Blue Ridge Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cantabrian Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Carpathians |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cascades |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Catskills |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Caucasus |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Coast Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cumberland Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dolomite Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Dividing Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Smoky Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Green Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Guadalupe Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Himalayas |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hindu Kush |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Karakoram |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kunlun |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mesabi Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mount Carmel |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nan Ling |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ozarks |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pamir Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pyrenees |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rhodope Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rockies |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sacramento Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | San Juan Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sayan Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Selkirk Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | sierra |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Madre Occidental |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Madre Oriental |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Nevada |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | St. Elias Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Taconic Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Teton Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tien Shan |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Transylvanian Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tyrolean Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Urals |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | necklace |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | string |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | necklace |