chained

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnd

Verb

chained

1. simple past and past participle of chain

Adjective

chained (not comparable)

1. Bound with chains.
2. (computing, of data items) Linked in a chain.
3. Wearing or adorned with a chain.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]

Translations

bound with chains

• German: angekettet (de) (chained to something), gekettet (de), mit Ketten gefesselt
• Indonesian: berantai (id)
• Portuguese: acorrentado (pt)

computing: linked in a chain

• German: verkettet (de)

Anagrams

• Echidna, echidna