Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. irons, chains(noun)

   metal shackles; for hands or legs

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chains

   "Chains" is a song composed by the Brill Building husband-and-wife songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King and was a major hit for Little Eva’s backing singers, the Cookies, and later covered by the Beatles.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chains

   chief town of the French dep. of Haute Vienne, where Richard Coeur de Lion was mortally wounded in 1199 by a shot with an arrow.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chains

   Plural noun of the word chain.

   The new bridge design had a series of metal chains connecting some parts of the bridge.

Suggested Resources(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chains

   Song lyrics by chains -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by chains on the Lyrics.com website.

Anagrams for chains »

1. cash in, chinas, in cash

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chains in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chains in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Jo Stanley:

   We have nothing to lose but our chains

2. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu:

   I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

   Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

4. Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract:

   Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.

5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

   Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains.

Images & Illustrations of chains

Popularity rank by frequency of use