To fasten something with a chain.
To link multiple items together.
To secure someone with fetters.
To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
To obligate.
To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
To be chained to another data item.
To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
(associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).
Bound with chains.
(of data items) Linked in a chain.