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noun

• A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

  Example: All firefighters report to the fire chief.

• The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.

• The principal part or top of anything.

• An informal term of address, sometimes ironic.

  Example: Hey, chief.

verb

• To smoke cannabis.

adjective

• Primary; principal.

  Example: Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.

• Intimate, friendly.