adj
Meaning 1
Bound with chains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chained
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/t͡ʃeɪnd/
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rhymes with -eɪnd
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CMU ARPABET: CH EY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Linked in a chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Wearing or adorned with a chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of chain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
bound with chains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones
- prisoners in chains
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enchained
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: angekettet — bound with chains
- German: gekettet — bound with chains
- German: mit Ketten gefesselt — bound with chains
- Indonesian: berantai — bound with chains
- Portuguese: acorrentado — bound with chains
- Spanish: encadenado — bound with chains
- Ottoman Turkish: دربند (derbend, derbent) — bound with chains
- German: verkettet — computing: linked in a chain
Real reading context