25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

chains \chains\ (ch[=a]ns), noun metal shackles connected by chains, used to bind hands or legs; as, he was kept two weeks in chains.

Syn: iron, irons, chain. [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

chains

noun: metal shackles; for hands or legs [syn: {iron}, {irons}, {chain}]
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