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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ringed¹

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

Example Sentences

But her eyes are ringed with the suggestion of tears and dejection.

From Los Angeles Times

For all the wrong reasons, 1 August had been ringed on international policymakers' calendars.

From BBC

Ms Deamer said the bird is not ringed and they "cannot give it away as it is not our bird".

From BBC

The crossing itself is ringed by jagged, barren mountains and, along the river's edge, by a narrow strip of lurid green farmland.

From BBC

During the Black Lives Matter protests earlier that year, the statue was again sprayed with graffiti, and was eventually boarded up and ringed by police officers to protect it from demonstrators.

From BBC

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