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chained up

chained up is the simple past and past participle of chain up.

Meaning of chain up

Verb

chain up (third-person singular simple present chains up, present participle chaining up, simple past and past participle chained up)

  1. (transitive) To put in chains
    • They've drugged me, beaten and chained me up to the solitary confinement cell bars with metal restraints.1985 December 14, Faron Stone, “Naked Beyond Embarrassment”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 4
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To put snow chains on the tires of a vehicle.
    • In past winters, we have had to chain up our sedans simply to get up the road to our home.1997 July 27, CharlesW99, “4 Wheel drive on icy roads question”, in rec.autos.4x4 (Usenet)

Questions about chained up

What is chained up the simple past and past participle of?
Chained up is the simple past and past participle of chain up.

Words near chained up in the dictionary

  1. chaincases
  2. chaincode
  3. chaincodes
  4. chaine
  5. chained
  6. chained up
  7. chainer
  8. chainers
  9. chaines
  10. chainest
  11. chaineth

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