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chains

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

1. irons, chains(noun)

   metal shackles; for hands or legs

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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.

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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.

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1. chains

   Broad and thick planks projecting horizontally from the ship's outside, to which they are fayed and bolted, abreast of and somewhat behind the masts. They are formed to project the chain-plate, and give the lower rigging greater out-rig or spread, free from the top-sides of the ship, thus affording greater security and support to the masts, as well as to prevent the shrouds from damaging the gunwale, or being hurt by rubbing against it. Of course they are respectively designated fore, main, and mizen. They are now discontinued in many ships, the eyes being secured to the timber-heads, and frequently within the gunwale to the stringers or lower shelf-pieces above the water-way.--In the chains, applies to the leadsman who stands on the channels between two shrouds to heave the hand-lead.

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1. chains

   Plural noun of the word chain.

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

   Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2016  

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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

How to pronounce chains?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say chains in sign language?

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

Examples of chains in a Sentence

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.

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