chained : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chained	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chained
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chained adj bound with chains; "enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones"; "prisoners in chains" Synonym(s): chained, enchained
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chain \Chain\, v. t. [imp. p. p. {Chained} (ch[be]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chaining}.] 1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. Chained behind the hostile car. --Prior. 2. To keep in slavery; to enslave. And which more blest? who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope. 3. To unite closely and strongly. And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak. 4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain. 5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.