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ring¹ noun 1 a small circle or band of gold, silver or some other metal or material, worn on the finger. 2 a circle of metal, wood, plastic, etc, for holding, keeping in place, connecting, hanging, etc. 3 any object, mark or figure which is circular in shape. 4 a circular course or route. 5 a group of people or things arranged in a circle. 6 an enclosed and usually circular area in which circus acts are performed. 7 a square area on a platform, marked off by ropes, where boxers or wrestlers fight. 8 (the ring) boxing as a profession. 9 an enclosure for bookmakers at a race-course. 10 at agricultural shows, etc: an enclosure where cattle, horses, etc are paraded or exhibited for auction. 11 a group of people who act together to control eg an antiques or drugs market, betting, etc for their own advantage or profit. 12 a circular electric element or gas burner on top of a cooker. 13 a circular strip of bark cut from a tree. See ring-bark. 14 a circular mark, seen when a tree trunk is examined in section, that represents the amount of growth made by that tree in one year. 15 a segment of a worm, caterpillar, etc. 16 a circle of fungus growth in turf; a fairy ring. 17 chem a closed chain of atoms in a molecule, eg six-membered ring system. 18 geom the area lying between two concentric circles. 19 math a system of elements in which addition is associative and commutative, and multiplication is associative and distributive with respect to addition. 20 a thin band of particles orbiting some planets, such as Saturn and Uranus. 21 computing a computer system suitable for a LAN, with several micro-computers or peripheral devices connected by cable in a ring. verb (ringed, ringing) 1 to make, form, draw, etc a ring round something, or to form it into a ring. 2 to cut something into rings. 3 to put a ring on (a bird's leg) as a means of identifying it. 4 to fit a ring in (a bull's nose) so that it can be lead easily. 5 to ring-bark. ringed adj 1 surrounded by, marked with, bearing or wearing a ring or rings. 2 ring-shaped. 3 made up of rings. make or run rings round someone colloq to beat them or be much better than them. throw one's hat into the ring colloq to offer oneself as a candidate or challenger.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hring.

ring¹ noun 1 a small circle or band of gold, silver or some other metal or material, worn on the finger. 2 a circle of metal, wood, plastic, etc, for holding, keeping in place, connecting, hanging, etc. 3 any object, mark or figure which is circular in shape. 4 a circular course or route. 5 a group of people or things arranged in a circle. 6 an enclosed and usually circular area in which circus acts are performed. 7 a square area on a platform, marked off by ropes, where boxers or wrestlers fight. 8 (the ring) boxing as a profession. 9 an enclosure for bookmakers at a race-course. 10 at agricultural shows, etc: an enclosure where cattle, horses, etc are paraded or exhibited for auction. 11 a group of people who act together to control eg an antiques or drugs market, betting, etc for their own advantage or profit. 12 a circular electric element or gas burner on top of a cooker. 13 a circular strip of bark cut from a tree. See ring-bark. 14 a circular mark, seen when a tree trunk is examined in section, that represents the amount of growth made by that tree in one year. 15 a segment of a worm, caterpillar, etc. 16 a circle of fungus growth in turf; a fairy ring. 17 chem a closed chain of atoms in a molecule, eg six-membered ring system. 18 geom the area lying between two concentric circles. 19 math a system of elements in which addition is associative and commutative, and multiplication is associative and distributive with respect to addition. 20 a thin band of particles orbiting some planets, such as Saturn and Uranus. 21 computing a computer system suitable for a LAN, with several micro-computers or peripheral devices connected by cable in a ring. verb (ringed, ringing) 1 to make, form, draw, etc a ring round something, or to form it into a ring. 2 to cut something into rings. 3 to put a ring on (a bird's leg) as a means of identifying it. 4 to fit a ring in (a bull's nose) so that it can be lead easily. 5 to ring-bark. ringed adj 1 surrounded by, marked with, bearing or wearing a ring or rings. 2 ring-shaped. 3 made up of rings. make or run rings round someone colloq to beat them or be much better than them. throw one's hat into the ring colloq to offer oneself as a candidate or challenger.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hring.

ring¹ noun 1 a small circle or band of gold, silver or some other metal or material, worn on the finger. 2 a circle of metal, wood, plastic, etc, for holding, keeping in place, connecting, hanging, etc. 3 any object, mark or figure which is circular in shape. 4 a circular course or route. 5 a group of people or things arranged in a circle. 6 an enclosed and usually circular area in which circus acts are performed. 7 a square area on a platform, marked off by ropes, where boxers or wrestlers fight. 8 (the ring) boxing as a profession. 9 an enclosure for bookmakers at a race-course. 10 at agricultural shows, etc: an enclosure where cattle, horses, etc are paraded or exhibited for auction. 11 a group of people who act together to control eg an antiques or drugs market, betting, etc for their own advantage or profit. 12 a circular electric element or gas burner on top of a cooker. 13 a circular strip of bark cut from a tree. See ring-bark. 14 a circular mark, seen when a tree trunk is examined in section, that represents the amount of growth made by that tree in one year. 15 a segment of a worm, caterpillar, etc. 16 a circle of fungus growth in turf; a fairy ring. 17 chem a closed chain of atoms in a molecule, eg six-membered ring system. 18 geom the area lying between two concentric circles. 19 math a system of elements in which addition is associative and commutative, and multiplication is associative and distributive with respect to addition. 20 a thin band of particles orbiting some planets, such as Saturn and Uranus. 21 computing a computer system suitable for a LAN, with several micro-computers or peripheral devices connected by cable in a ring. verb (ringed, ringing) 1 to make, form, draw, etc a ring round something, or to form it into a ring. 2 to cut something into rings. 3 to put a ring on (a bird's leg) as a means of identifying it. 4 to fit a ring in (a bull's nose) so that it can be lead easily. 5 to ring-bark. ringed adj 1 surrounded by, marked with, bearing or wearing a ring or rings. 2 ring-shaped. 3 made up of rings. make or run rings round someone colloq to beat them or be much better than them. throw one's hat into the ring colloq to offer oneself as a candidate or challenger.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hring.