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noun
- 1. a small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority: "a diamond ring" Similar wedding ringband of goldmarriage token
- ▪ an aluminium strip secured round a bird's leg to identify it: British "I put a numbered ring on each bird's leg"
- 2. a ring-shaped or circular object: "an inflatable rubber ring" Similar circlecircletbandroundloophoopcircuithalodisc
- ▪ a circular marking or pattern: "she had black rings round her eyes"
- ▪ a group of people or things arranged in a circle: "a ring of trees" Similar circlegroupknotclusterbunchbandgatheringthrongcrowdflockassemblagemobpack
- ▪ a circular or spiral course: "they were dancing energetically in a ring"
- ▪ a flat circular device forming part of a gas or electric hob, providing heat from below: British "a gas ring"
- ▪ a thin band or disc of rock and ice particles round a planet: "Saturn's rings"
- ▪ short for tree ring
- ▪ short for ring road
- ▪ a circular prehistoric earthwork, typically consisting of a bank and ditch: "a ring ditch"
- ▪ a person's anus. vulgar slang
- 3. an enclosed space, surrounded by seating for spectators, in which a sport, performance, or show takes place: "a circus ring" Similar arenaenclosureareafieldgroundplatformamphitheatrecolosseumstadium
- ▪ a roped enclosure for boxing or wrestling: "a boxing ring"
- ▪ the profession, sport, or institution of boxing: "Fogerty quit the ring to play professional rugby league"
- 4. a group of people engaged in a shared enterprise, especially one involving illegal or unscrupulous activity: "the police had been investigating the drug ring" Similar gangsyndicatecartelmobbandorganizationconfederationconfederacyfederationunionassociationcirclesocietycombineconsortiumallianceleaguecabalcellcoteriecrewjunta
- 5. a number of atoms bonded together to form a closed loop in a molecule: "a benzene ring"
- 6. a set of elements with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, the second being distributive over the first and associative.
verb
- 1. surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment: "the courthouse was ringed with police"
- ▪ form a line round the edge of (something circular): "dark shadows ringed his eyes"
- ▪ draw a circle round (something), especially to focus attention on it: British "an area of Soho had been ringed in red"
- 2. put an aluminium strip round the leg of (a bird) for subsequent identification: British "only a small proportion of warblers are caught and ringed"
- ▪ put a circular band through the nose of (a bull, pig, or other farm animal) to lead or otherwise control it: "in the mid 1850s there were fines for not ringing swine"
- 3. fraudulently change the identity of (a motor vehicle), typically by changing its registration plate: informal "there may be an organization which has ringed the stolen car to be resold"
- 4. short for ringbark
Word Origin Old Englishhring, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ring, German Ring, also to the noun rank1.
Derivatives
- 1. ringless adjective
Scrabble Points: 5
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