# chained

Pronunciation: say "CHAYND" /t͡ʃeɪnd/

## Adjective

1. Held or fastened with chains so as to prevent movement or escape.
   - Simple: Held in place or tied up with metal chains.
   - _The chained gates of the old fortress had not opened in decades._
   - _Rescuers found the elephant chained at the ankles inside a cramped pen._
3. Wearing or decorated with a chain, such as a necklace or ornamental chain.
   - Simple: Decorated with or wearing a chain, often on the neck or wrist.
   - _The chained mayor led the procession in full ceremonial dress._
   - _She arrived chained in delicate gold links across her throat and wrists._
4. Connected together in a sequence, with each item linked to the next like links in a chain.
   - Simple: Joined together one after another in a connected series.
   - _The chained processes pass data from one stage to the next._
   - _Engineers tested how the chained components shared the load between them._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of chain. — simple past and past participle of chain
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of chain. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The crew chained the logs together and floated them downriver._
   - _Workers chained off the area to keep curious onlookers out._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/chained (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).