Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of chain
adjectivechained (not comparable)
- not comparableBound with chains.
- not comparablecomputingLinked in a chain.
- not comparableWearing or adorned with a chain.
The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German angekettet, gekettet
- angekettetbound with chains
- gekettetbound with chains
- mit Ketten gefesseltbound with chains
- verkettetcomputing: linked in a chain
Indonesian berantai
- berantaibound with chains
Portuguese acorrentado
- acorrentadobound with chains
Spanish encadenado
- encadenadobound with chains
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chained
containedmaintainedtrainedsustainedstainedconstrainedattaineddrainedentertainedordainedstrainedunexplainedrestrainedunrestrainedunchainedpainedveinedfeignedcanedpanedmaneduncontaineddiaperbrainedhalf-strained
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APA
chained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chained
MLA
“chained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chained. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chained,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chained.
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