What does chain up mean?

chain up means "tie up with chains".

Is chain up a common word?

chain up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Chain up — meaning and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
tie up with chains
“chain up the prisoners”
Broadertie down

Questions about chain up

What does chain up mean?: chain up means "tie up with chains".
Is chain up a common word?: chain up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for chain up come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

chain up

verb

Questions about chain up

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

chain up

verb

Questions about chain up