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Ring
rɪŋ
- 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"
wedding ring band of gold marriage token- an aluminium strip secured round a bird's leg to identify it
"I put a numbered ring on each bird's leg"
- a ring-shaped or circular object
"an inflatable rubber ring"
- 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"
- 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
"a gas ring"
- a thin band or disc of rock and ice particles round a planet
"Saturn's rings"
- a circular prehistoric earthwork, typically consisting of a bank and ditch
"a ring ditch"
- a person's anus
- an enclosed space, surrounded by seating for spectators, in which a sport, performance, or show takes place
"a circus ring"
- 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"
- a group of people engaged in a shared enterprise, especially one involving illegal or unscrupulous activity
"the police had been investigating the drug ring"
- a number of atoms bonded together to form a closed loop in a molecule
"a benzene ring"
- a set of elements with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, the second being distributive over the first and associative
- surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment
"the courthouse was ringed with police"
circle encircle circumscribe encompass loop gird girdle enclose surround embrace form a ring round go around hem in fence in confine seal off- 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
"an area of Soho had been ringed in red"
- put an aluminium strip round the leg of (a bird) for subsequent identification
"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"
- fraudulently change the identity of (a motor vehicle), typically by changing its registration plate
"there may be an organization which has ringed the stolen car to be resold"