"chain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɪn/ Audio: en-us-chain.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Benoît Prieur-chain.wav Forms: chains [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cheyne}} Middle English cheyne, {{m|enm|chaine}} chaine, {{der|en|fro|chaine}} Old French chaine, {{m|fro|chaene||chain}} chaene (“chain”), {{der|en|la|catēna||chain}} Latin catēna (“chain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kat-||to braid, twist; hut, shed}} Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”), {{doublet|en|catena}} Doublet of catena Head templates: {{en-noun}} chain (plural chains)
  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. Synonyms (series of interconnected rings or links): rackle Translations (series of interconnected rings or links): huidige (Afrikaans), varesë (Albanian), hallkë (Albanian), zinxhir [masculine] (Albanian), ἅλυσις (hálusis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ⁧سِلْسِلَة⁩ (silsila) [feminine] (Arabic), ⁧سلسلة⁩ (silsila) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), շղթա (šġtʿa) (Armenian), cadenã [feminine] (Aromanian), catinã (Aromanian), chiustecã (Aromanian), alis (Aromanian), alsidã (Aromanian), singir (Aromanian), silivar (Aromanian), শিকলি (xikoli) (Assamese), ⁧ܫܝܼܫܸܠܬܵܐ⁩ (šīšiltā) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), cadena [feminine] (Asturian), cari (Azerbaijani), zəncir (Azerbaijani), сынйыр (sınyır) (Bashkir), сылбыр (sılbır) (Bashkir), kate (Basque), ланцу́г (lancúh) [masculine] (Belarusian), শৃঙ্খল (sriṅkhol) (Bengali), chadenn [feminine] (Breton), вери́га (veríga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ကြိုး (krui:) (Burmese), သံကြိုး (samkrui:) (Burmese), cadena [feminine] (Catalan), kadena (Cebuano), talikala (Cebuano), ⁧زنجیر⁩ (zincîr) (Central Kurdish), зӏе (zˀe) (Chechen), ᎤᎾᏓᏕᏒᏓ (unadadesvda) (Cherokee), лянзы (li͡anzɨ) [Dungan] (Chinese), (Chinese Mandarin), (liàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 鏈子 (Chinese Mandarin), 链子 (liànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 鏈條 (Chinese Mandarin), 链条 (liàntiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), řetěz [masculine] (Czech), cataina [feminine] (Dalmatian), kæde [common-gender] (Danish), ketting [feminine] (Dutch), keten [feminine] (Dutch), aaneenrijging [feminine] (Dutch), ĉeno (Esperanto), kett (Estonian), keta [feminine] (Faroese), ketju (Finnish), kettinki (Finnish), vitja (Finnish), chaîne [feminine] (French), cjadene [feminine] (Friulian), čhadene [feminine] (Friulian), cadea [feminine] (Galician), ჯაჭვი (ǯač̣vi) (Georgian), Kette [feminine] (German), αλυσίδα (alysída) [feminine] (Greek), άλυσος (álysos) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת⁩ (sharshéret) [feminine] (Hebrew), सिलसिला (silsilā) [masculine] (Hindi), ज़ंजीर (zañjīr) [feminine] (Hindi), श्रृंखला (śrŕṅkhlā) [masculine] (Hindi), lánc (Hungarian), keðja [feminine] (Icelandic), kateno (Ido), rantai (Indonesian), зӏи (zˀi) (Ingush), catena (Interlingua), slabhra [masculine] (Irish), catena [feminine] (Italian), (kusari) (alt: くさり) (Japanese), チェーン (chēn) (Japanese), шинҗүр (şinjür) (Kalmyk), шынжыр (şynjyr) (Kazakh), тізбек (tızbek) (Kazakh), ច្រវាក់ (crɑvak) (Khmer), 사슬 (saseul) (Korean), 체인 (chein) (Korean), чынжыр (cınjır) (Kyrgyz), тизмек (tizmek) (Kyrgyz), ໂສ້ (sō) (Lao), važa [feminine] (Latgalian), karški [plural] (Latgalian), catēna [feminine] (Latin), vinculum [neuter] (Latin), ķēde [feminine] (Latvian), зунжур (zunžur) (Lezgi), grandinė [feminine] (Lithuanian), rjeśaz [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), ланец (lanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), синџир (sindžir) [masculine] (Macedonian), верига (veriga) [feminine] (Macedonian), rantai (Malay), ചങ്ങല (caṅṅala) (Malayalam), geuley (Manx), mekameka (Maori), cheyne (Middle English), raketeye (Middle English), гинж (ginž) (Mongolian), tepozmecatl (Nahuatl), cadena (Nahuatl), béésh daʼahólzhaʼí (Navajo), chaîne [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), zincîr (Northern Kurdish), kjede [neuter] (Norwegian), kjetting [masculine] (Norwegian), lenke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), cadena [feminine] (Occitan), racente [feminine] (Old English), cadẽa [feminine] (Old Galician-Portuguese), ⁧زنجیر⁩ (zincir) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧سلسله⁩ (silsile) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧زنځير⁩ (zanjír) [masculine] (Pashto), ⁧زنجیر⁩ (zanjir, zenjir) (Persian), Kjäd [feminine] (Plautdietsch), łańcuch [masculine] (Polish), cadeia [feminine] (Portuguese), corrente [feminine] (Portuguese), lanț (Romanian), chadaina [feminine] (Romansch), cadeina [feminine] (Romansch), cadagna [feminine] (Romansch), chadagna [feminine] (Romansch), цепь (cepʹ) [feminine] (Russian), цепо́чка (cepóčka) [feminine] (Russian), ланцу́г (lancúg) [masculine, regional] (Russian), cuibhreach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ланац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), веруга [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), верига [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), вериге [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), lanac [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), veruga [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), veriga [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), verige [Latin, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), catina [feminine] (Sicilian), ඇකිල්ල (ækilla) (Sinhalese), reťaz [masculine] (Slovak), veriga [feminine] (Slovene), cadena [feminine] (Spanish), bangili (Swahili), mnyororo [class-3, class-4] (Swahili), kedja [common-gender] (Swedish), kadena (Tagalog), tanikala (Tagalog), занҷир (zanjir) (Tajik), чылбыр (çılbır) (Tatar), గొలుసు (golusu) (Telugu), โซ่ (sôo) (Thai), zincir (Turkish), zynjyr (Turkmen), karina (Tzotzil), 𐎌𐎌𐎗𐎚 (ššrt) (Ugaritic), ланцю́г (lancjúh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ланцюжо́к (lancjužók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ⁧سلسلہ⁩ (silsila) [masculine] (Urdu), ⁧زنجیر⁩ (zanjīr) [feminine] (Urdu), ⁧زەنجىر⁩ (zenjir) (Uyghur), zanjir (Uzbek), tizma (Uzbek), cadéna [feminine] (Venetian), caéna [feminine] (Venetian), dây xích (alt: 絏䤲) (Vietnamese), xích (alt: ) (Vietnamese), tchinne [feminine] (Walloon), cadwyn [feminine] (Welsh), ⁧קייט⁩ (keyt) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-Ey9Sw3Bz Disambiguation of 'series of interconnected rings or links': 34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1 Disambiguation of 'series of interconnected rings or links': 34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1
  2. A series of interconnected things. Translations (series of interconnected things): ⁧سِلْسِلَة⁩ (silsila) [feminine] (Arabic), շղթա (šġtʿa) (Armenian), cadena [feminine] (Asturian), chadenn [feminine] (Breton), вери́га (veríga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), поре́дица (porédica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cadena [feminine] (Catalan), 連鎖 (Chinese Mandarin), 连锁 (liánsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 环节 (huánjié) (Chinese Mandarin), řetěz [masculine] (Czech), řetězec [masculine] (Czech), zřetězení (english: fig.) [neuter] (Czech), aaneenschakeling [feminine] (Dutch), opeenvolging [feminine] (Dutch), ahel (Estonian), ketju (Finnish), chaîne [feminine] (French), cadea [feminine] (Galician), ჯაჭვი (ǯač̣vi) (Georgian), Kette [feminine] (German), αλυσίδα (alysída) [feminine] (Greek), σειρά (seirá) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧שרשרת⁩ (sharshéret) [feminine] (Hebrew), sor (Hungarian), sorozat (Hungarian), láncolat (Hungarian), mata rantai (Indonesian), catena [feminine] (Italian), 連続 (renzoku) (alt: れんぞく) (Japanese), 連鎖 (rensa) (alt: れんさ) (Japanese), ланец (lanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), rentetan (Malay), ശൃംഖല (śr̥ṅkhala) (Malayalam), raupapa (Maori), сүлжээ (sülžee) (Mongolian), chaîne [feminine] (Norman), rekke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), cadena [feminine] (Occitan), ⁧سلسله⁩ (silsile) (Ottoman Turkish), łańcuch [masculine] (Polish), cadeia [feminine] (Portuguese), lanț (Romanian), цепь (cepʹ) [feminine] (Russian), после́довательность (poslédovatelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), се́рия (sérija) [feminine] (Russian), ланац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lanac [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), veriga [feminine] (Slovene), cadena [feminine] (Spanish), ushanga (Swahili), kedja [common-gender] (Swedish), послідо́вність (poslidóvnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), се́рія (sérija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), caéna [feminine] (Venetian), cadéna [feminine] (Venetian), caena [feminine] (Venetian), cadena [feminine] (Venetian), chuỗi (alt: 𠁻) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-WPkp~zJB Disambiguation of 'series of interconnected things': 10 65 5 3 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  3. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. Translations (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name): ցանց (cʿancʿ) (Armenian), cadena [feminine] (Asturian), вери́га (veríga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cadena [feminine] (Catalan), 連鎖 (Chinese Mandarin), 连锁 (liánsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), řetězec [masculine] (Czech), keten [feminine] (Dutch), ketju (Finnish), kauppaketju (Finnish), chaîne [feminine] (French), cadena [feminine] (Galician), ქსელი (kseli) (Georgian), Kette [feminine] (German), αλυσίδα (alysída) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧רשת⁩ (réshet) [feminine] (Hebrew), catena [feminine] (Italian), チェーン (chēn) (Japanese), 체인 (chein) (Korean), ланец (lanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), ശൃംഖല (śr̥ṅkhala) (Malayalam), ശ്രേണി (śrēṇi) (Malayalam), chaîne [feminine] (Norman), kjede [masculine] (Norwegian), cadena [feminine] (Occitan), sieć [feminine] (Polish), cadeia [feminine] (Portuguese), lanț (Romanian), сеть (setʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ланац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lanac [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), veriga [feminine] (Slovene), cadena [feminine] (Spanish), ushanga (Swahili), kedja [common-gender] (Swedish), мережа́ (merežá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-mAuJoivr Disambiguation of 'series of stores or businesses with the same brand name': 2 2 82 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
  4. (chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule): շղթա (šġtʿa) (Armenian), cadena [feminine] (Asturian), chadenn [feminine] (Breton), вери́га (veríga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cadena [feminine] (Catalan), řetězec [masculine] (Czech), ketju (Finnish), chaîne [feminine] (French), cadea [feminine] (Galician), Kette [feminine] (German), αλυσίδα (alysída) [feminine] (Greek), catena [feminine] (Italian), virkne [feminine] (Latvian), kjede [masculine] (Norwegian), cadeia [feminine] (Portuguese), catenă (Romanian), цепо́чка (cepóčka) [feminine] (Russian), veriga [feminine] (Slovene), cadena (Spanish), ushanga (Swahili), kedja [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-FAWbmsiP Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule': 5 5 5 74 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
  5. (surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device. Categories (topical): Surveying Translations (surveying: series of interconnected links as a measuring device): ketju (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-qwkMCmKZ Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying Disambiguation of 'surveying: series of interconnected links as a measuring device': 7 7 4 3 64 5 3 2 1 1 2 1 1
  6. (surveying) A long measuring tape. Categories (topical): Surveying
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-tsmbk9tp Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
  7. A unit of length, exactly equal to 22 yards, 4 rods or 100 links, and approximately equal to 20.12 metres; the length of a Gunter's surveying chain; the length of a cricket pitch.
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-bAOaPZ8r
  8. (mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Set theory Translations (totally ordered subset): ketju (Finnish), catena [feminine] (Italian), łańcuch [masculine] (Polish), цепо́чка (cepóčka) [feminine] (Russian), ланцю́г (lancjúh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ланцюжо́к (lancjužók) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-h-WbKfe0 Topics: mathematics, order-theory, sciences, set-theory Disambiguation of 'totally ordered subset': 2 1 4 3 3 3 8 66 4 1 3 1 2
  9. (Britain) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out). Tags: Britain Translations (sequence of linked house purchases): ketju (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-fd6hiMui Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'sequence of linked house purchases': 3 2 3 5 6 4 3 6 57 2 5 2 2
  10. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond. Translations (that which confines, fetters): zəncir (Azerbaijani), qandal (Azerbaijani), окови (okovi) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), kateno (Esperanto), δεσμά (desmá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), αλυσίδα (alysída) [feminine, plural, usually] (Greek), άλυσος (álysos) [feminine] (Greek), vinculum [neuter] (Latin), кандалы́ (kandalý) [feminine, plural] (Russian), око́вы (okóvy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), кайда́ни (kajdány) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-uVhUFvwY Disambiguation of 'that which confines, fetters': 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 61 3 2 2
  11. (nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-UeQhXLtZ Topics: nautical, transport
  12. A livery collar, a chain of office.
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-5uQzPxYd
  13. (weaving) The warp threads of a web. Categories (topical): Weaving, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-chain-en-noun-3oo4OTLo Disambiguation of Units of measure: 2 1 3 5 10 6 9 9 3 1 2 1 14 1 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Albert chain, bra chain, daisy chain, food chain, green chain, Gunter's Chain, hogchain, keychain, key chain, Markov chain, megachain, mountain chain, retail chain, side chain, sidechain, signifying chain, snow chain, subchain, supply chain, timing chain, waist chain Derived forms: academy chain, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, antichain, ball and chain, belly chain, block chain, branched-chain, brequet chain, catena, chain armour, chain binder, chain boat, chain bridge, chain cable, chain-cable, chain case, chaincase, chain code, chain complex, chain conveyor, chain dance, chain drive, chain-driven, chain fern, chain ferry, chain gang, chain-ganger, chain group, chain guard, chain gun, chain hobble, chain-ladder method, chain letter, chain lightning, chainlink, chain-link, chainlink fence, chain locker, chainmail, chain mail, chain-mail, chainman, chain-melted, chain-melted state, chain of command, chain of custody, chain of events, chain of production, chain-of-responsibility pattern, chain of thought, chain of title, chain pickerel, chain pier, chain pipe, chainplate, chain pump, chain reaction, chainring, chain rule, chainsaw, chain saw, chain shift, chain-shot, chain shot, chain sickle, chain silicate, chain sinnet, chain slap, chain-smoke, chain-smoker, chain smoker, chainsmoking, chain-smoking, chain-snatch, chain stay, chain stitch, chain store, chain story, chain suck, chain tie, chain tower, chain viper, choke chain, choker chain, cold chain, cool chain, crotch chain, Cunningham chain, curb chain, daisy-chain, decay chain, door chain, drag-chain, drag the chain, drowning chain, endless chain, first island chain, golden-chain, golden chain, golden-chain tree, golden chain tree, great chain of being, Gunter's chain, heterochain, hill chain, hobble-chain, hobble chain, hogchain, homochain, human chain, interchain, intrachain, island chain, jerk someone's chain, keychain, ladies' chain, let fluffy off the chain, light chain, long-chain, measuring chain, medium-chain, medium-chain triglyceride, megachain, netted chain fern, off-chain, off the chain, on-chain, open-chain, paper chain, pawn chain, peptide chain, polymerase chain reaction, power chain, pull someone's chain, rattle someone's chain, roller chain, safety chain, second island chain, short-chain, sidechain, single-chain, straight-chain, straight chain, subchain, supply chain visibility, sympathetic chain, third island chain, tire chain, toolchain, top-chain, tyre chain, very long-chain, very-long-chain, watch chain, word chain, yank someone's chain

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɪn/ Audio: en-us-chain.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Benoît Prieur-chain.wav Forms: chains [present, singular, third-person], chaining [participle, present], chained [participle, past], chained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cheyne}} Middle English cheyne, {{m|enm|chaine}} chaine, {{der|en|fro|chaine}} Old French chaine, {{m|fro|chaene||chain}} chaene (“chain”), {{der|en|la|catēna||chain}} Latin catēna (“chain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kat-||to braid, twist; hut, shed}} Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”), {{doublet|en|catena}} Doublet of catena Head templates: {{en-verb}} chain (third-person singular simple present chains, present participle chaining, simple past and past participle chained)
  1. (transitive) To fasten something with a chain. Tags: transitive Translations (to fasten with a chain): chadennañ (Breton), оковавам (okovavam) (Bulgarian), encadenar (Catalan), alkateni (Esperanto), kiinnittää ketjulla (Finnish), enchaîner (French), encadear (Galician), anketten (German), incatenare (Italian), membelenggu (Malay), merantai (Malay), racentian (Old English), ⁧زنجیرلمك⁩ (zincirlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), encadear (Portuguese), приковать (prikovatʹ) (Russian), encadenar (Spanish), kedja fast (Swedish), zincirlemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-hubXUxrg Disambiguation of 'to fasten with a chain': 44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1
  2. (figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-CsegXH5E
  3. (intransitive) To link multiple items together. Tags: intransitive Translations (to link together): свързвам (svǎrzvam) (Bulgarian), ketjuttaa (Finnish), enchaîner (French), ketten (German), ⁧לשרשר⁩ (lesharshér) (Hebrew), concatenare (Italian), aanikegamaa (Ojibwe), racentian (Old English), ⁧زنجیرلمك⁩ (zincirlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), skuwać [imperfective] (Polish), skuć [perfective] (Polish), verižiti (Slovene), encadenar (Spanish), mikufu (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-U1NKK1Ma Disambiguation of 'to link together': 0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. (transitive) To secure someone with fetters. Tags: transitive Translations (to secure someone with fetters): оковавам (okovavam) (Bulgarian), alkateni (Esperanto), kahlita (Finnish), αλυσοδένω (alysodéno) (Greek), оковува (okovuva) (Macedonian), racentian (Old English), ⁧زنجیرلمك⁩ (zincirlemek) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-XMeslSVm Disambiguation of 'to secure someone with fetters': 1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1
  5. (transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain. Tags: transitive Translations (to obstruct with a chain): sulkea ketjulla (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-HNkNGYGr Disambiguation of 'to obstruct with a chain': 21 19 1 2 39 2 12 1 1 1
  6. (figurative) To obligate. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-t5kJ4vjs
  7. (computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: to relate data items with a chain of pointers): ketjuttaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-KW~6Oh9R Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: to relate data items with a chain of pointers': 5 5 3 1 3 2 52 19 1 10
  8. (computing) To be chained to another data item. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to be chained to another data item): ketjuttua (Finnish), chaîner (French)
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-npfGFC1g Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to be chained to another data item': 0 1 3 1 0 1 9 80 1 3
  9. (transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-i8sv8Qm0
  10. (transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program). Tags: rare, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-chain-en-verb-azIqWkxE Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unchain, chain up

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      "links": [
        [
          "interconnected",
          "interconnected"
        ],
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "rackle"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "huidige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "varesë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "hallkë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zinxhir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "silsila",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧سِلْسِلَة⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "silsila",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧سلسلة⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šġtʿa",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "շղթա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadenã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "catinã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "chiustecã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "alis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "alsidã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "singir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "silivar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "xikoli",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "শিকলি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "aii",
          "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
          "roman": "šīšiltā",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧ܫܝܼܫܸܠܬܵܐ⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "cari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "zəncir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "sınyır",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "сынйыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "sılbır",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "сылбыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "kate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "lancúh",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ланцу́г"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "sriṅkhol",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "শৃঙ্খল"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chadenn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "veríga",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вери́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "krui:",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ကြိုး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "samkrui:",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "သံကြိုး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "kadena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "talikala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "zˀe",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "зӏе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "unadadesvda",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ᎤᎾᏓᏕᏒᏓ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "li͡anzɨ",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Dungan"
          ],
          "word": "лянзы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "鏈"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liàn",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "链"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "鏈子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liànzi",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "链子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "鏈條"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liàntiáo",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "链条"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "řetěz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cataina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kæde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ketting"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "keten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aaneenrijging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ĉeno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "kett"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "keta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ketju"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "kettinki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "vitja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chaîne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cjadene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čhadene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ǯač̣vi",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ჯაჭვი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "alysída",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αλυσίδα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "álysos",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "άλυσος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hálusis",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἅλυσις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sharshéret",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "silsilā",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सिलसिला"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zañjīr",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ज़ंजीर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śrŕṅkhlā",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "श्रृंखला"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "lánc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "keðja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "kateno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "rantai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "inh",
          "lang": "Ingush",
          "roman": "zˀi",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "зӏи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "catena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "slabhra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "catena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "alt": "くさり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kusari",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "鎖"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chēn",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "チェーン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "şinjür",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "шинҗүр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şynjyr",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "шынжыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tızbek",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "тізбек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "crɑvak",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ច្រវាក់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saseul",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "사슬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chein",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "체인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "zincîr",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "zincîr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "cınjır",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "чынжыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "tizmek",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "тизмек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sō",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ໂສ້"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "važa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "karški"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "catēna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vinculum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ķēde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "lez",
          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "roman": "zunžur",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "зунжур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grandinė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lanec",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ланец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sindžir",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "синџир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "veriga",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "верига"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "rantai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "caṅṅala",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ചങ്ങല"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "geuley"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "mekameka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "cheyne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "raketeye"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ginž",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "гинж"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "tepozmecatl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "cadena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "béésh daʼahólzhaʼí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chaîne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kjede"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kjetting"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lenke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "racente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "roa-opt",
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadẽa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "zincir",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "silsile",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "⁧سلسله⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "zanjír",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧زنځير⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zanjir, zenjir",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kjäd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "łańcuch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadeia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "corrente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "lanț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chadaina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadeina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadagna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chadagna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cepʹ",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "цепь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cepóčka",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "цепо́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lancúg",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "ланцу́г"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuibhreach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ланац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "веруга"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "верига"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "вериге"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lanac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "veruga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "veriga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "verige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "catina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "ækilla",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "ඇකිල්ල"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reťaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "veriga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rjeśaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "bangili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "class-3",
            "class-4"
          ],
          "word": "mnyororo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kedja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "kadena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "tanikala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "zanjir",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "занҷир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "çılbır",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "чылбыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "golusu",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "గొలుసు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sôo",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "โซ่"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "zincir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "zynjyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "tzo",
          "lang": "Tzotzil",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "karina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "ššrt",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "𐎌𐎌𐎗𐎚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lancjúh",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ланцю́г"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lancjužók",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ланцюжо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "silsila",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧سلسلہ⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "zanjīr",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "zenjir",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "⁧زەنجىر⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "zanjir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "tizma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadéna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caéna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "alt": "絏䤲",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "dây xích"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "alt": "䤲",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "word": "xích"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tchinne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadwyn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 15 7 5 18 2 6 2 2 1 6 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "keyt",
          "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧קייט⁩"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a chain of mountains",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a chain of ideas, one leading to the next",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "This led to an unfortunate chain of events.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A series of interconnected things."
      ],
      "id": "en-chain-en-noun-WPkp~zJB",
      "links": [
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 65 5 3 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "silsila",
          "sense": "series of interconnected things",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧سِلْسِلَة⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 65 5 3 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šġtʿa",
          "sense": "series of interconnected things",
          "word": "շղթա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 65 5 3 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "series of interconnected things",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cadena"
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        {
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          "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cadena"
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          "word": "連鎖"
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          "_dis1": "2 2 82 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "连锁"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "řetězec"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cadena"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "Kette"
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          ],
          "word": "cadena"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "sieć"
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          "word": "lanț"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "participle",
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        "(transitive) To fasten something with a chain."
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          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
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          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
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          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "kiinnittää ketjulla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "enchaîner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "encadear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
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        },
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          "code": "it",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "membelenggu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
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          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "zincirlemek",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "⁧زنجیرلمك⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "encadear"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "word": "приковать"
        },
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        },
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          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "kedja fast"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 19 1 2 14 4 12 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
          "word": "zincirlemek"
        }
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          "text": "Sometimes I feel like I'm chained to this computer.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She's been chained to her principles since she was 18, it's unlikely you can convince her otherwise.",
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        "To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings"
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        "(figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings"
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        "To link multiple items together."
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        "(intransitive) To link multiple items together."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svǎrzvam",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "свързвам"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "ketjuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "enchaîner"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "ketten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lesharshér",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "⁧לשרשר⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "concatenare"
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "aanikegamaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "racentian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "zincirlemek",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "⁧زنجیرلمك⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to link together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "skuwać"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "skuć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "verižiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "encadenar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to link together",
          "word": "mikufu"
        }
      ]
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        "To secure someone with fetters."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To secure someone with fetters."
      ],
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okovavam",
          "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
          "word": "оковавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
          "word": "alkateni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
          "word": "kahlita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "alysodéno",
          "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
          "word": "αλυσοδένω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "okovuva",
          "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
          "word": "оковува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 93 0 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "zincirlemek",
          "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
          "word": "⁧زنجیرلمك⁩"
        }
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        "To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain."
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        "(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "21 19 1 2 39 2 12 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to obstruct with a chain",
          "word": "sulkea ketjulla"
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          "ref": "August 13, 2017, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "I miss when Game Of Thrones was wide open, but even then, the writers were chained to a narrative they didn’t yet know the ending of and feared straying too far from.",
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        "(figurative) To obligate."
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          "name": "Computing",
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            "All topics",
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        "To relate data items with a chain of pointers."
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          "pointer"
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      ],
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        "(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers."
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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        "sciences"
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          "text": "You don’t need to maintain state, or partition execution into different objects that then you can chain together (one executes the other on completion — chained continuations).",
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        "To be chained to another data item."
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        "(computing) To be chained to another data item."
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        "computing",
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        "mathematics",
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          "sense": "to be chained to another data item",
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        {
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          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 99",
          "text": "As the line was surveyed - a sufficient length being first chained by a surveyor, who was followed by axemen - trees had to be felled and a certain width maintained, which was specified in the contract, for drays had to follow, and the trees might have fallen upon the line and broken it down at the very outset.",
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          "ref": "1996, Mr D Walsh, “Running two programs from a batch file”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet)",
          "text": "How do you get one program to chain another? I want to run DrawWorks2 then !Draw but as soon as you run Drawworks2 it finishes the batch file and doesn't go on to the next instruction! Is there a way without loading one of these automatic loaders?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Juan Flynn, “BBC software transmitted on TV - how to load?”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet)",
          "text": "You can do LOAD \"\" or CHAIN \"\" to load or chain the next program if I remember correctly (it's been a loooong time since I've used a tape on an Acorn!)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Richard Porter, “SpamStamp double headers”, in comp.sys.acorn.apps (Usenet)",
          "text": "Recent versions of AntiSpam no longer use the Config file but have a Settings file instead, so when I updated the Config file to chain SpamStamp it had no effect as it was a redundant file.",
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        }
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        "(transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program)."
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      "word": "catena"
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    {
      "word": "chain armour"
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    {
      "word": "chain binder"
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    {
      "word": "chain boat"
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    {
      "word": "chain bridge"
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    {
      "word": "chain cable"
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    {
      "word": "chain-cable"
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    {
      "word": "chain case"
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    {
      "word": "chaincase"
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    {
      "word": "chain code"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain complex"
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    {
      "word": "chain conveyor"
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    {
      "word": "chain dance"
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    {
      "word": "chain drive"
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    {
      "word": "chain-driven"
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    {
      "word": "chain fern"
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    {
      "word": "chain ferry"
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      "word": "chain gang"
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    {
      "word": "chain-ganger"
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    {
      "word": "chain group"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain guard"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain gun"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain hobble"
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    {
      "word": "chain-ladder method"
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    {
      "word": "chain letter"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain lightning"
    },
    {
      "word": "chainlink"
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    {
      "word": "chain-link"
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    {
      "word": "chainlink fence"
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    {
      "word": "chain locker"
    },
    {
      "word": "chainmail"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain mail"
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    {
      "word": "chain-mail"
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    {
      "word": "chainman"
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      "word": "chain-melted"
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      "word": "chain-melted state"
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      "word": "chain of command"
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    {
      "word": "chain of custody"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain of events"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain of production"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain-of-responsibility pattern"
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    {
      "word": "chain of thought"
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    {
      "word": "chain of title"
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    {
      "word": "chain pickerel"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain pier"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain pipe"
    },
    {
      "word": "chainplate"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain pump"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain reaction"
    },
    {
      "word": "chainring"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain rule"
    },
    {
      "word": "chainsaw"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain saw"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain shift"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain-shot"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain shot"
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    {
      "word": "chain sickle"
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    {
      "word": "chain silicate"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain sinnet"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain slap"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain-smoke"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain-smoker"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain smoker"
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    {
      "word": "chainsmoking"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain-smoking"
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    {
      "word": "chain-snatch"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain stay"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain stitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain store"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain story"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain suck"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain tie"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain tower"
    },
    {
      "word": "chain viper"
    },
    {
      "word": "choke chain"
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    {
      "word": "choker chain"
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      "word": "cold chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "cool chain"
    },
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      "word": "crotch chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cunningham chain"
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    {
      "word": "curb chain"
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      "word": "daisy-chain"
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      "word": "decay chain"
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    {
      "word": "door chain"
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      "word": "drag-chain"
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      "word": "drag the chain"
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    {
      "word": "drowning chain"
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      "word": "endless chain"
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      "word": "first island chain"
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      "word": "golden-chain"
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      "word": "golden chain"
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      "word": "golden chain tree"
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      "word": "great chain of being"
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      "word": "Gunter's chain"
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      "word": "hill chain"
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    },
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      "word": "hobble chain"
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      "word": "hogchain"
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      "word": "island chain"
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      "word": "jerk someone's chain"
    },
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      "word": "keychain"
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      "word": "ladies' chain"
    },
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      "word": "let fluffy off the chain"
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      "word": "light chain"
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      "word": "long-chain"
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      "word": "open-chain"
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      "word": "paper chain"
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      "word": "pawn chain"
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      "word": "peptide chain"
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      "word": "polymerase chain reaction"
    },
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      "word": "power chain"
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      "word": "pull someone's chain"
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      "word": "rattle someone's chain"
    },
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      "word": "roller chain"
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      "word": "safety chain"
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      "word": "second island chain"
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      "word": "short-chain"
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      "word": "sidechain"
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      "word": "single-chain"
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      "word": "straight-chain"
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      "word": "straight chain"
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      "word": "subchain"
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      "word": "supply chain visibility"
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      "word": "sympathetic chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "third island chain"
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    {
      "word": "tire chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "toolchain"
    },
    {
      "word": "top-chain"
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      "word": "tyre chain"
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      "word": "very long-chain"
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    {
      "word": "very-long-chain"
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    {
      "word": "watch chain"
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    {
      "word": "word chain"
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      "word": "bra chain"
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      "word": "daisy chain"
    },
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      "word": "food chain"
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      "word": "green chain"
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    {
      "word": "Gunter's Chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "hogchain"
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    {
      "word": "keychain"
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      "word": "key chain"
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      "word": "Markov chain"
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      "word": "megachain"
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    {
      "word": "mountain chain"
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    {
      "word": "retail chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "side chain"
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    {
      "word": "sidechain"
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    {
      "word": "signifying chain"
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    {
      "word": "snow chain"
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    {
      "word": "subchain"
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    {
      "word": "supply chain"
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    {
      "word": "timing chain"
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    {
      "word": "waist chain"
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          "text": "He wore a gold chain around the neck.",
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          "text": "a chain of mountains",
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        "(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule."
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        "chemistry",
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        "A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device."
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        "(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device."
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        "geography",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "(surveying) A long measuring tape."
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        "natural-sciences",
        "surveying"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter X, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 177",
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        "en:Set theory"
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        "order-theory",
        "sciences",
        "set-theory"
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      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
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      "categories": [
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        "That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond."
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
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      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "rackle"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "huidige"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "varesë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "hallkë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zinxhir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "silsila",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧سِلْسِلَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "silsila",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧سلسلة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šġtʿa",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "շղթա"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadenã"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "catinã"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "chiustecã"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "alis"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "alsidã"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "singir"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "silivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "xikoli",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "শিকলি"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "šīšiltā",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧ܫܝܼܫܸܠܬܵܐ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "cari"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "zəncir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "sınyır",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "сынйыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "sılbır",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "сылбыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "kate"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lancúh",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланцу́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "sriṅkhol",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "শৃঙ্খল"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chadenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veríga",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вери́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "krui:",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ကြိုး"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "samkrui:",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "သံကြိုး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "kadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "talikala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "zˀe",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "зӏе"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "unadadesvda",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ᎤᎾᏓᏕᏒᏓ"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "li͡anzɨ",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "лянзы"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "鏈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liàn",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "链"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "鏈子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liànzi",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "链子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "鏈條"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liàntiáo",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "链条"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "řetěz"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cataina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kæde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ketting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "keten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aaneenrijging"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ĉeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "kett"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "keta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "kettinki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "vitja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cjadene"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čhadene"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯač̣vi",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ჯაჭვი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kette"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alysída",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αλυσίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "álysos",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άλυσος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hálusis",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἅλυσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sharshéret",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "silsilā",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सिलसिला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zañjīr",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ज़ंजीर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śrŕṅkhlā",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "श्रृंखला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "lánc"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "keðja"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "kateno"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "rantai"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "zˀi",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "зӏи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "catena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slabhra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catena"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くさり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kusari",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "鎖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chēn",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "チェーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "şinjür",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "шинҗүр"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şynjyr",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "шынжыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tızbek",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "тізбек"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "crɑvak",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ច្រវាក់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saseul",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "사슬"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chein",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "체인"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zincîr",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "zincîr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "cınjır",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "чынжыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tizmek",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "тизмек"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sō",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ໂສ້"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "važa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "karški"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catēna"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vinculum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ķēde"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "roman": "zunžur",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "зунжур"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grandinė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lanec",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sindžir",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "синџир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "veriga",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "верига"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "rantai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "caṅṅala",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ചങ്ങല"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "geuley"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "mekameka"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "cheyne"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "raketeye"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ginž",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "гинж"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "tepozmecatl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "béésh daʼahólzhaʼí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kjede"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjetting"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lenke"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racente"
    },
    {
      "code": "roa-opt",
      "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadẽa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zincir",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "silsile",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "⁧سلسله⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "zanjír",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧زنځير⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zanjir, zenjir",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kjäd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łańcuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corrente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "lanț"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chadaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeina"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadagna"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chadagna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cepʹ",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цепь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cepóčka",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цепо́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lancúg",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "ланцу́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuibhreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "веруга"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "верига"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "вериге"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lanac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veruga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "verige"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catina"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "ækilla",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "ඇකිල්ල"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reťaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rjeśaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "bangili"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4"
      ],
      "word": "mnyororo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kedja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "kadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "tanikala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zanjir",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "занҷир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "çılbır",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "чылбыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "golusu",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "గొలుసు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sôo",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "โซ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "zincir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "zynjyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "tzo",
      "lang": "Tzotzil",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "karina"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ššrt",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "𐎌𐎌𐎗𐎚"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lancjúh",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланцю́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lancjužók",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланцюжо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "silsila",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧سلسلہ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zanjīr",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧زنجیر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "zenjir",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "⁧زەنجىر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "zanjir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "tizma"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadéna"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caéna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "絏䤲",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "dây xích"
    },
    {
      "alt": "䤲",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "word": "xích"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tchinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadwyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "keyt",
      "sense": "series of interconnected rings or links",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קייט⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "silsila",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧سِلْسِلَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šġtʿa",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "շղթա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chadenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veríga",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вери́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "porédica",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поре́дица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "連鎖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liánsuǒ",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "连锁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huánjié",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "环节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "řetěz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "řetězec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "fig.",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zřetězení"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aaneenschakeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opeenvolging"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "ahel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯač̣vi",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "ჯაჭვი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kette"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alysída",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αλυσίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "seirá",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σειρά"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sharshéret",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧שרשרת⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "sor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "sorozat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "láncolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "mata rantai"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catena"
    },
    {
      "alt": "れんぞく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "renzoku",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "連続"
    },
    {
      "alt": "れんさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rensa",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "連鎖"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lanec",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "rentetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "śr̥ṅkhala",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "ശൃംഖല"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "raupapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sülžee",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "сүлжээ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rekke"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "silsile",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "⁧سلسله⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łańcuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "lanț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cepʹ",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цепь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslédovatelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "после́довательность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sérija",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "се́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lanac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "ushanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kedja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poslidóvnistʹ",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "послідо́вність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sérija",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "се́рія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caéna"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadéna"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caena"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "alt": "𠁻",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "series of interconnected things",
      "word": "chuỗi"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "word": "zəncir"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "word": "qandal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okovi",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "окови"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "word": "kateno"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "desmá",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "δεσμά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alysída",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "αλυσίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "álysos",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άλυσος"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vinculum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kandalý",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кандалы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okóvy",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "око́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kajdány",
      "sense": "that which confines, fetters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кайда́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʿancʿ",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "ցանց"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veríga",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вери́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "連鎖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liánsuǒ",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "连锁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "řetězec"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "keten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "kauppaketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kseli",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "ქსელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kette"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alysída",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αλυσίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "réshet",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧רשת⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chēn",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "チェーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chein",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "체인"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lanec",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "śr̥ṅkhala",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "ശൃംഖല"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "śrēṇi",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "ശ്രേണി"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjede"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "lanț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "setʹ",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сеть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lanac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "word": "ushanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kedja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "merežá",
      "sense": "series of stores or businesses with the same brand name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мережа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šġtʿa",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "word": "շղթա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chadenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veríga",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вери́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "řetězec"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadea"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kette"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alysída",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αλυσίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catena"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virkne"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjede"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "word": "catenă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cepóčka",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цепо́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "word": "cadena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "word": "ushanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kedja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "surveying: series of interconnected links as a measuring device",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sequence of linked house purchases",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "totally ordered subset",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "totally ordered subset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "totally ordered subset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łańcuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cepóčka",
      "sense": "totally ordered subset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цепо́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lancjúh",
      "sense": "totally ordered subset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланцю́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lancjužók",
      "sense": "totally ordered subset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ланцюжо́к"
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        "To link multiple items together."
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        "(intransitive) To link multiple items together."
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        "(transitive) To secure someone with fetters."
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        "(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "August 13, 2017, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "I miss when Game Of Thrones was wide open, but even then, the writers were chained to a narrative they didn’t yet know the ending of and feared straying too far from.",
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        }
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        "To obligate."
      ],
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        [
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          "obligate"
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      ],
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        "(figurative) To obligate."
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        "figuratively"
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      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
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        [
          "data",
          "data"
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        "(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "sciences"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "January 15, 2016, Mark Papadakis, “Coroutines and Fibers. Why and When”, in Medium",
          "text": "You don’t need to maintain state, or partition execution into different objects that then you can chain together (one executes the other on completion — chained continuations).",
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        "(computing) To be chained to another data item."
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 99",
          "text": "As the line was surveyed - a sufficient length being first chained by a surveyor, who was followed by axemen - trees had to be felled and a certain width maintained, which was specified in the contract, for drays had to follow, and the trees might have fallen upon the line and broken it down at the very outset.",
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          "ref": "1996, Mr D Walsh, “Running two programs from a batch file”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet)",
          "text": "How do you get one program to chain another? I want to run DrawWorks2 then !Draw but as soon as you run Drawworks2 it finishes the batch file and doesn't go on to the next instruction! Is there a way without loading one of these automatic loaders?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Juan Flynn, “BBC software transmitted on TV - how to load?”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet)",
          "text": "You can do LOAD \"\" or CHAIN \"\" to load or chain the next program if I remember correctly (it's been a loooong time since I've used a tape on an Acorn!)",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Richard Porter, “SpamStamp double headers”, in comp.sys.acorn.apps (Usenet)",
          "text": "Recent versions of AntiSpam no longer use the Config file but have a Settings file instead, so when I updated the Config file to chain SpamStamp it had no effect as it was a redundant file.",
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        "(transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program)."
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chain.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-chain.ogg/En-us-chain.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-chain.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Benoît Prieur-chain.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-chain.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-chain.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-chain.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-chain.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "chadennañ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okovavam",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "оковавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "encadenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "alkateni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "kiinnittää ketjulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "enchaîner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "encadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "anketten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "incatenare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "membelenggu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "merantai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "racentian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zincirlemek",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "⁧زنجیرلمك⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "encadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prikovatʹ",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "приковать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "encadenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "kedja fast"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to fasten with a chain",
      "word": "zincirlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svǎrzvam",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "свързвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "ketjuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "enchaîner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "ketten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lesharshér",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "⁧לשרשר⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "concatenare"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "aanikegamaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "racentian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zincirlemek",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "⁧زنجیرلمك⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "skuwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "skuć"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "verižiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "encadenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to link together",
      "word": "mikufu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okovavam",
      "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
      "word": "оковавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
      "word": "alkateni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
      "word": "kahlita"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alysodéno",
      "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
      "word": "αλυσοδένω"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "okovuva",
      "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
      "word": "оковува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
      "word": "racentian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zincirlemek",
      "sense": "to secure someone with fetters",
      "word": "⁧زنجیرلمك⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to obstruct with a chain",
      "word": "sulkea ketjulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: to relate data items with a chain of pointers",
      "word": "ketjuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be chained to another data item",
      "word": "ketjuttua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be chained to another data item",
      "word": "chaîner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chain"
}

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