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ringed

USRINGD/ɹɪŋd/

3 meanings of ringed

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Having marks shaped like rings, circles, or loops.

    Like the circles you see when you cut across a tree trunk.

    The ringed tail of the lemur made it easy to spot.

    Her notebook had a ringed pattern printed on the cover.

    Similarbanded, annulated

  2. 2
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of ring. Use it for circling or surrounding something, not for bells.

    Police ringed the building before dawn.

    The children ringed the campfire and sang together.

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  3. 3
    adjectivearchaic
    Married, shown by wearing a wedding ring.

    The ringed wife waited by the window for her husband.

    I was born of a true man and a ring'd wife, and I can't argue upon it; but I and my old woman 'ud burn upon it, that would we.
    1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A DramaHere, ring'd means wearing a wedding ring, so lawfully married.
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