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ringed

[ ringd ]

adjective

  1. having or wearing a ring or rings. ring.
  2. marked or decorated with or as if with a ring or rings. ring.
  3. surrounded by or as if by a ring or rings. ring.
  4. formed of or with rings; ring; ringlike or annular:

    a ringed growth.

  5. Armor. noting armor having rings ring sewn side by side to a flexible backing.


ringed

/ rɪŋd /

adjective

  1. displaying ringlike markings
  2. having or wearing a ring
  3. formed by rings; annular


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ringed1

before 900; Middle English; Old English hringed; ring 1, -ed 3, -ed 2

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Example Sentences

He looked at the thin sheet of metal ringed by rivet holes and he knew instantly what it was his wife had chanced upon.

The rest of Perry, with its population of around 15,000, is ringed by churches, pecan groves, and cotton fields.

In particular, Pluto could be ringed: we know it has at least five moons, which, other than Charon, are tiny.

A stained, ringed leather Milwaukee Brewers coaster (I used to live five minutes from the stadium).

And as a historian, his disdain is ringed with knowledge of the past—that Christians did not always war with Muslims.

The sum of the numbers corresponding to the pegs ringed counts toward the final score.

He certainly could offer little threat to the company, yet they ringed him in, weapons ready, watching his every move.

The moon, ringed by a halo, shone like an opal in the milk-white sky.

A Zulu was approaching them down the road, a tall man, ringed, and clad in a long overcoat.

The latter shakes and quivers for a moment like a line with a heavy fish at the end; then the ringed head rises.

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