 |
chain
Overview of noun chain
The noun chain has 9 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (14) chain, concatenation -- (a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances")
2. (3) chain, chemical chain -- ((chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule))
3. (2) chain -- (a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament)
4. (1) chain -- (a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)
5. (1) chain -- (anything that acts as a restraint)
6. chain -- (a unit of length)
7. Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain -- (British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979))
8. range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains -- (a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range")
9. chain, string, strand -- (a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";)
Overview of verb chain
The verb chain has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. chain -- (connect or arrange into a chain by linking)
2. chain -- (fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chain
9 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain, concatenation
=> series
=> ordering, order, ordination
=> arrangement
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
=> unit, building block
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
chain
=> ligament
=> attachment, bond
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
chain
=> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> enterprise
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
chain
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
chain
=> linear unit
=> linear measure, long measure
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain
INSTANCE OF=> biochemist
=> chemist
=> scientist, man of science
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
=> geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
chain, string, strand
=> necklace
=> jewelry, jewellery
=> adornment
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun chain
6 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain, concatenation
=> catena
=> daisy chain
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
=> closed chain, ring
=> long chain, long-chain molecule
=> open chain
Sense 3
chain
=> anchor chain
=> bicycle chain
=> chatelaine
=> fob, watch chain, watch guard
=> paper chain
=> pull chain
=> tire chain, snow chain
Sense 4
chain
=> apparel chain
=> discount chain
=> restaurant chain
=> retail chain
Sense 6
chain
=> Gunter's chain
=> engineer's chain
=> nautical chain
Sense 8
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Admiralty Range
HAS INSTANCE=> Alaska Range
HAS INSTANCE=> Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Alps, the Alps
HAS INSTANCE=> Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Andes
HAS INSTANCE=> Apennines
HAS INSTANCE=> Appalachians, Appalachian Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Atlas Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Australian Alps
HAS INSTANCE=> Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range
HAS INSTANCE=> Berkshires, Berkshire Hills
HAS INSTANCE=> Black Hills
HAS INSTANCE=> Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge
HAS INSTANCE=> Cantabrian Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Catskills, Catskill Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Coast Range, Coast Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau
HAS INSTANCE=> Dolomite Alps
HAS INSTANCE=> Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands
HAS INSTANCE=> Great Smoky Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Green Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Guadalupe Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya
HAS INSTANCE=> Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range
HAS INSTANCE=> Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Mesabi Range
HAS INSTANCE=> Mount Carmel
HAS INSTANCE=> Nan Ling
HAS INSTANCE=> Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau
HAS INSTANCE=> Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs
HAS INSTANCE=> Pyrenees
HAS INSTANCE=> Rhodope Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Rockies, Rocky Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Sacramento Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> San Juan Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Sayan Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Selkirk Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> sierra
HAS INSTANCE=> Sierra Madre Occidental
HAS INSTANCE=> Sierra Madre Oriental
HAS INSTANCE=> Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra
HAS INSTANCE=> Sierra Nevada
HAS INSTANCE=> St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Taconic Mountains
HAS INSTANCE=> Teton Range
HAS INSTANCE=> Tien Shan, Tyan Shan
HAS INSTANCE=> Urals, Ural Mountains
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chain
9 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain, concatenation
=> series
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
=> unit, building block
Sense 3
chain
=> ligament
Sense 4
chain
=> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
Sense 5
chain
=> restraint, constraint
Sense 6
chain
=> linear unit
Sense 7
Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain
INSTANCE OF=> biochemist
Sense 8
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
=> geological formation, formation
Sense 9
chain, string, strand
=> necklace
Antonyms of noun chain
Member Holonyms of noun chain
Substance Holonyms of noun chain
Part Holonyms of noun chain
2 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
PART OF: molecule
Sense 3
chain
PART OF: chain printer
PART OF: chain tongs
PART OF: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle
Member Meronyms of noun chain
1 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 4
chain
HAS MEMBER: chain store
Substance Meronyms of noun chain
Part Meronyms of noun chain
2 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 6
chain
HAS PART: yard, pace
HAS PART: link
Sense 8
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
HAS PART: massif
HAS PART: pass, mountain pass, notch
Meronyms of noun chain
3 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 4
chain
HAS MEMBER: chain store
Sense 6
chain
HAS PART: yard, pace
HAS PART: link
Sense 8
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
HAS PART: massif
HAS PART: pass, mountain pass, notch
Holonyms of noun chain
2 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
PART OF: molecule
Sense 3
chain
PART OF: chain printer
PART OF: chain tongs
PART OF: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle
Attributes of noun chain
Derived Forms of noun chain
3 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain, concatenation
RELATED TO>(verb) catenulate#1
=> catenate, catenulate
RELATED TO>(verb) catenate#1
=> catenate, catenulate
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
RELATED TO>(verb) catenulate#1
=> catenate, catenulate
RELATED TO>(verb) catenate#1
=> catenate, catenulate
Sense 3
chain
RELATED TO>(verb) chain#2
=> chain
Domain of noun chain
2 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Sense 4
chain
TOPIC>(noun) dramaturgy#1, dramatic art#1, dramatics#2, theater#2, theatre#2
Domain Terms of noun chain
Familiarity of noun chain
chain used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun chain
9 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain, concatenation
> series
=> Stations, Stations of the Cross
=> chain, concatenation
=> course, line
=> cycle
=> electromotive series, electromotive force series, electrochemical series
=> hierarchy
=> nexus
=> progression, patterned advance
=> rash, blizzard
=> sequence
=> string, train
=> succession
=> wave train
=> helium group
=> actinide series
=> lanthanide series
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
> unit, building block
=> chain, chemical chain
=> couple
=> unit cell
=> group, radical, chemical group
=> molecule
Sense 3
chain
> ligament
=> binder, ligature
=> chain
=> wire
Sense 4
chain
> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> agency
=> brokerage
=> carrier, common carrier
=> chain
=> firm, house, business firm
=> franchise, dealership
=> manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business
=> partnership
=> processor
=> shipbuilder
=> underperformer
Sense 5
chain
> restraint, constraint
=> air bag
=> airbrake, dive brake
=> arrester, arrester hook
=> band
=> brake
=> brake pad
=> brake shoe, shoe, skid
=> catch, stop
=> chain
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> gag, muzzle
=> leash, tether, lead
=> lock, ignition lock
=> muzzle
=> safety belt, life belt, safety harness
=> sea anchor, drogue
=> shackle, bond, hamper, trammel
=> trammel
Sense 6
chain
> linear unit
=> astronomy unit
=> metric linear unit
=> nautical linear unit
=> inch, in
=> foot, ft
=> footer
=> yard, pace
=> yarder
=> perch, rod, pole
=> furlong
=> mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi
=> miler
=> half mile,880 yards
=> quarter mile,440 yards
=> league
=> ligne
=> nail
=> archine
=> kos, coss
=> vara
=> verst
=> cable, cable length, cable's length
=> chain
=> cubit
=> finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit
=> fistmele
=> body length
=> handbreadth, handsbreadth
=> head
=> lea
=> li
=> link
=> mesh
=> mil
=> mile, Swedish mile
=> mile, Roman mile
=> Roman pace
=> geometric pace
=> military pace
=> palm
=> span
=> fathom, fthm
=> point
=> em, pica em, pica
=> en, nut
=> cicero
Sense 7
Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain
> biochemist
=> enzymologist
HAS INSTANCE=> Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain
HAS INSTANCE=> Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick
HAS INSTANCE=> Funk, Casimir Funk
HAS INSTANCE=> Haworth, Sir Walter Norman Haworth
HAS INSTANCE=> Hitchings, George Herbert Hitchings
HAS INSTANCE=> Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
HAS INSTANCE=> Jacob, Francois Jacob
HAS INSTANCE=> Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall
HAS INSTANCE=> Krebs, Hans Adolf Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
HAS INSTANCE=> Lipmann, Fritz Albert Lipmann
HAS INSTANCE=> Meyerhof, Otto Meyerhof, Otto Fritz Meyerhof
HAS INSTANCE=> Monod, Jacques Monod, Jacques Lucien Monod
HAS INSTANCE=> Northrop, John Howard Northrop
HAS INSTANCE=> Ochoa, Severo Ochoa
HAS INSTANCE=> Perutz, Max Perutz, Max Ferdinand Perutz
HAS INSTANCE=> Sanger, Frederick Sanger, Fred Sanger
HAS INSTANCE=> Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
HAS INSTANCE=> Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum
HAS INSTANCE=> Warburg, Otto Heinrich Warburg
HAS INSTANCE=> Wilkins, Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Sense 8
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
> geological formation, formation
=> aquifer
=> beach
=> cave
=> cliff, drop, drop-off
=> delta
=> diapir
=> folium
=> foreshore
=> ice mass
=> lakefront
=> massif
=> monocline
=> mouth
=> natural depression, depression
=> natural elevation, elevation
=> oceanfront
HAS INSTANCE=> Pillars of Hercules
=> range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
=> relict
=> ridge, ridgeline
=> ridge
=> shore
=> slope, incline, side
=> spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
=> talus, scree
=> vein, mineral vein
=> volcanic crater, crater
=> wall
=> water table, water level, groundwater level
Sense 9
chain, string, strand
> necklace
=> chain, string, strand
=> choker, collar, dog collar, neckband
Meronyms of noun chain
8 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
=> unit, building block
HAS PART: part, piece
Sense 3
chain
=> ligament
=> attachment, bond
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
chain
HAS MEMBER: chain store
=> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
HAS MEMBER: division
=> enterprise
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 5
chain
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 6
chain
HAS PART: yard, pace
HAS PART: foot, ft
HAS PART: inch, in
HAS PART: ligne
HAS PART: mesh
HAS PART: mil
HAS PART: em, pica em, pica
HAS PART: point
HAS PART: en, nut
HAS PART: link
Sense 8
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
HAS PART: massif
HAS PART: pass, mountain pass, notch
Sense 9
chain, string, strand
=> necklace
HAS PART: pendant, pendent
=> jewelry, jewellery
HAS PART: gem, gemstone, stone
=> adornment
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun chain
2 of 9 senses of chain
Sense 2
chain, chemical chain
PART OF: molecule
Sense 3
chain
PART OF: chain printer
PART OF: chain tongs
PART OF: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle
Grep of noun chain
alpine golden chain
anchor chain
apparel chain
ball and chain
bicycle chain
branched chain
branched chain ketoaciduria
chain
chain-smoker
chain armor
chain armour
chain fern
chain gang
chain letter
chain lightning
chain mail
chain of mountains
chain pickerel
chain pike
chain printer
chain reaction
chain reactor
chain saw
chain stitch
chain store
chain tongs
chain wrench
chainlink fence
chains
chainsaw
chemical chain
closed chain
daisy chain
discount chain
engineer's chain
ernst boris chain
flower chain
food chain
golden chain
gunter's chain
long-chain molecule
long chain
markoff chain
markov chain
mountain chain
nautical chain
open chain
paper chain
pennine chain
pull chain
restaurant chain
retail chain
sir ernst boris chain
snow chain
straight chain
tire chain
virginia chain fern
watch chain
Antonyms of verb chain
1 of 2 senses of chain
Sense 2
chain
Antonym of unchain (Sense 1)
=>unchain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chain
2 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain
=> arrange, set up
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 2
chain
=> fasten, fix, secure
=> attach
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb chain
1 of 2 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain
=> concatenate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chain
2 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain
=> arrange, set up
Sense 2
chain
=> fasten, fix, secure
'Cause To' of verb chain
Derived Forms of verb chain
1 of 2 senses of chain
Sense 2
chain
RELATED TO>(noun) chain#3
=> chain
Domain of verb chain
Domain Terms of verb chain
Familiarity of verb chain
chain used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb chain
2 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
chain
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb chain
2 senses of chain
Sense 1
chain
> arrange, set up
=> regularize, regularise
=> order
=> order
=> straighten
=> rearrange
=> serialize, serialise
=> alphabetize, alphabetise
=> organize, organise, coordinate
=> stratify
=> string, thread, draw
=> marshal
=> string
=> string out, spread out
=> preen, plume
=> stack
=> chain
=> pair, geminate
=> concord
=> cascade
=> settle
=> pyramid
=> corral
=> catenate, catenulate
=> dress, decorate
=> range, array, lay out, set out
=> pack, bundle, wad, compact
=> stack, pile, heap
=> stagger, distribute
=> drape
=> drape
=> set
=> gradate
=> line up
Sense 2
chain
> fasten, fix, secure
=> strap
=> tie, bind
=> rig
=> bitt
=> latch
=> garter
=> chain
=> cable
=> picket
=> rope up
=> cinch, girth
=> bind, bandage
=> cramp
=> cleat
=> anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor
=> anchor, ground
=> moor
=> moor, berth, tie up
=> spike
=> sew, run up, sew together, stitch
=> crank
=> noose
=> chock
=> brad
=> bight
=> belay
=> belay
=> bar
=> clamp
=> velcro
=> stay
=> clinch
=> clinch
=> lock
=> lock up
=> hasp
=> zip up, zipper, zip
=> tack
=> string
=> hook
=> belt
=> cement
=> grout
=> staple
=> rivet
=> button
=> pin
=> hang, hang up
=> hang
=> lodge, wedge, stick, deposit
=> entrench, intrench
=> buckle, clasp
=> brooch, clasp
=> stake
=> wire
=> coapt
=> joggle
=> joint
=> toggle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb chain
Sense 1
chain
=> arrange, set up
--------------
Sense 2
chain
=> fasten, fix, secure
--------------
Grep of verb chain
chain
chain-smoke
chain up
daisy-chain
enchain
unchain
Grep of adj chain
chained
chainlike
closed-chain
long-chain
open-chain
|
|
