Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chain
Participle: chained
Gerund: chaining
Indicative
Present
| I | chain |
| you | chain |
| he;she;it | chains |
| we | chain |
| you | chain |
| they | chain |
Perfect
| I | have chained |
| you | have chained |
| he;she;it | has chained |
| we | have chained |
| you | have chained |
| they | have chained |
Past
| I | chained |
| you | chained |
| he;she;it | chained |
| we | chained |
| you | chained |
| they | chained |
Pluperfect
| I | had chained |
| you | had chained |
| he;she;it | had chained |
| we | had chained |
| you | had chained |
| they | had chained |
Future
| I | will chain |
| you | will chain |
| he;she;it | will chain |
| we | will chain |
| you | will chain |
| they | will chain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chained |
| you | will have chained |
| he;she;it | will have chained |
| we | will have chained |
| you | will have chained |
| they | will have chained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chain |
| you | chain |
| he;she;it | chain |
| we | chain |
| you | chain |
| they | chain |
Perfect
| I | have chained |
| you | have chained |
| he;she;it | have chained |
| we | have chained |
| you | have chained |
| they | have chained |
Imperfect
| I | chained |
| you | chained |
| he;she;it | chained |
| we | chained |
| you | chained |
| they | chained |
Pluperfect
| I | had chained |
| you | had chained |
| he;she;it | had chained |
| we | had chained |
| you | had chained |
| they | had chained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chain |
| you | would chain |
| he;she;it | would chain |
| we | would chain |
| you | would chain |
| they | would chain |
Perfect
| I | would have chained |
| you | would have chained |
| he;she;it | would have chained |
| we | would have chained |
| you | would have chained |
| they | would have chained |
Imperative
| you | chain |
| we | Let's chain |
| you | chain |
Verbs conjugated like 'chain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chain'
chair,
chaun,
chin,
hain,
amain,
brain,
cabin,
cair,
can,
chace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- attach
- connect, bind, fasten, hold, lash, secure, wrap, lock
- shackle
- restrain, bind, fetter, handcuff, hold, imprison, confine
Antonyms
- attach
- detach, disconnect, disjoin, separate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
chaeine, from L.
catena "chain," from PIE base
*kat- "to twist, twine." The verb is attested from 1377.
chain of stores is Amer.Eng., 1846.
Chain letter first recorded 1906.
"In 1896, Miss Audrey Griffin, of Hurstville, New South Wales initiated a 'chain letter' with the object of obtaining 1,000,000 used postage stamps." ["Daily Chronicle," July 27, 1906]
2. 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. Displaced native Middle English rakil and rakent (from Old English racente (“chain”)); see rackan.
Verbs referencing "chain"
Swedish
kedja.
Sample Sentences
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[...] sayin ’ nothin ’; and I'd got him nicely swapped off for a keg o ’ whiskey; but come to get him away from the gal, she was jest like a tiger. So ’ t was before we started, and I hadn't got my gang chained up; so what should she do but ups on a cotton-bale, like a cat, ketches a knife from one of the deck hands, and, I tell ye, she made all fly for a minit, till she saw ’ t wan't no use; and she jest [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ You 're welcome, ” said the trader. “ I should think you'd be ashamed to spend all your life buying men and women, and chaining them, like cattle ! I should think you'd feel mean ! ” said George.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the newly kindled fire, and filling the grate with those voluntary contributions of which they had been so liberal all night. The washing accommodations were primitive. There was a tin ladle chained to the deck, with which every gentleman who thought it necessary to cleanse himself (many were superior to this weakness ), fished the dirty water out of the canal, and poured it into a tin basin, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Simon next walked up to the place where Emmeline was sitting, chained to another woman.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] o ’ your shines, gal ! you's got to keep a pleasant face, when I speak to ye,—d’ye hear ? And you, you old yellow poco moonshine ! ” he said, giving a shove to the mulatto woman to whom Emmeline was chained, “ don't you carry that sort of face ! You's got to look chipper, I tell ye ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)