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ringed

American  
[ringd] / rɪŋd /

adjective

  1. having or wearing a ring or rings.

  2. marked or decorated with or as if with a ring or rings.

  3. surrounded by or as if by a ring or rings.

  4. formed of or with rings; ringlike or annular.

    a ringed growth.

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

ringed British  
/ rɪŋd /

adjective

  1. displaying ringlike markings

  2. having or wearing a ring

  3. formed by rings; annular

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ringed

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

Example Sentences

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A courtyard ringed by a brick wall anchors the buildings, and neighbors are invited to paint on it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

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 • Feb. 5, 2026

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 • Jan. 28, 2026

Ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Austrian ski legend Franz Klammer were keen onlookers as a crowd of thousands ringed the finish area.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

His eyes are the color of smoke and ringed with thick eyeliner.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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