ringed

American  

[ringd] / rɪŋd /

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.

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ringed British  

/ rɪŋd /

adjective

1. displaying ringlike markings

2. having or wearing a ring

3. formed by rings; annular

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Etymology

Origin of ringed

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

Example Sentences

The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever.

From Barron's

To partake of the forbidden apple cake—and who could resist it?—is to know that joy is always ringed by sorrow, and made sweeter for it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though a half-circle of red dents ringed the fleshy side, the skin was unbroken.

From Literature

Children play on a carpet of mud, ringed by fences, walls and watch towers.

From BBC

The barges were filled and covered with sediment to create a new island for birds including endangered dunlin, curlew, ringed plover and lapwing.

From BBC

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