ringed

[ ringd ]

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adjective

having or wearing a ring or rings.
marked or decorated with or as if with a ring or rings.

surrounded by or as if by a ring or rings.
formed of or with rings; ringlike or annular: a ringed growth.
Armor. noting armor having rings sewn side by side to a flexible backing.

Origin of ringed

before 900; Middle English; Old English hringed;see ring¹, -ed³, -ed²

Words Nearby ringed

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How to use ringed in a sentence

He looked at the thin sheet of metal ringed by rivet holes and he knew instantly what it was his wife had chanced upon.
How Amelia's Plane Was Found | Michael Daly | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The rest of Perry, with its population of around 15,000, is ringed by churches, pecan groves, and cotton fields.
Nunn-Perdue: The Devil Went Down to Perry, Georgia | Patricia Murphy | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In particular, Pluto could be ringed: we know it has at least five moons, which, other than Charon, are tiny.
Chariklo, a Minor Planet Nicknamed a “Centaur,” Discovered to Have Rings | Matthew R. Francis | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A stained, ringed leather Milwaukee Brewers coaster (I used to live five minutes from the stadium).
Benjamin Percy: How I Write | Noah Charney | June 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
And as a historian, his disdain is ringed with knowledge of the past—that Christians did not always war with Muslims.
The End of Us And Them: David Cannadine’s Quest to Unite History | Jimmy So | May 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

The sum of the numbers corresponding to the pegs ringed counts toward the final score.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
He certainly could offer little threat to the company, yet they ringed him in, weapons ready, watching his every move.
Star Born | Andre Norton
The moon, ringed by a halo, shone like an opal in the milk-white sky.
The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'Annunzio
A Zulu was approaching them down the road, a tall man, ringed, and clad in a long overcoat.
Forging the Blades | Bertram Mitford
The latter shakes and quivers for a moment like a line with a heavy fish at the end; then the ringed head rises.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for ringed

ringed

/ (rɪŋd) /

adjective

displaying ringlike markings
having or wearing a ring

formed by rings; annular

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