All chain synonyms
chain
C c noun chain
- bracelet β A bracelet is a chain or band, usually made of metal, which you wear around your wrist as jewellery.
- cable β A cable is a thick wire, or a group of wires inside a rubber or plastic covering, which is used to carry electricity or electronic signals.
- conglomerate β A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
- group β any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- string β a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- trust β reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- row β record
- catena β a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible
- fetter β a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- coupling β A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- manacle β a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- shackle β a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- trammel β Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- connection β A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups.
- link β a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- iron β Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20Β°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- bond β A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
- lavaliere β an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- pendant β a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
- locket β a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
- clinker β the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire
- continuity β Continuity is the fact that something continues to happen or exist, with no great changes or interruptions.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- progression β the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- sequence β the following of one thing after another; succession.
- alternation β successive change from one condition or action to another and back again repeatedly
- concatenation β A concatenation of things or events is their occurrence one after another, because they are linked.
- train β Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- syndicate β a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- consecution β a sequence or succession of events or things
verb chain
- tie up β that with which anything is tied.
- attach β If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
- handcuff β a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- tether β a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- moor β a Muslim of the mixed Berber and Arab people inhabiting NW Africa.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- connect β If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
adjective chain
- overused β to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- like clockwork β the mechanism of a clock.
- well-worn β showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets.
- recurrent β that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
- cumulative β If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater.
- trite β lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
- additory β additional
- mildewed β Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
- warmed-over β (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.