ring
599
2.8
- noun
- /rɪŋ/
- The promoter's check was to be turned over in the ring on fight night.
- outer ring
- concentric rings
- ring diameter
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- What are the other options, you know, is the ring copper IUD?
- I fell into a burning Ring of Fire.
- But then at various points along this ring, the protons collide.
- It's it's like you're in the ring yourself.
- But for the full ring, there are no ends.
- Yeah, He he he, he came in the ring one day gone.
Examples
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The monks on the side climb into the ring to celebrate with Drew.
Fiction book (1991) -
Scientists studied the concentric rings of the tree trunk to determine its age.
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And the next step is to build ring B, all right.
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The first ring is the A ring, sorry.
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Now we can open up the ring like this.
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So for a while there, Earth had a ring, OK.
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Making their way to the ring with the drinks.
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Magazines are on the floor in a ring around Mother's old study chair.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every time Buster stepped in that ring, it was Toney in there fighting, too.
Fiction book (1990) -
The oil forms a "bathtub ring" marking after a storm surge or high tide.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
23
4.2
A ring of light or mist around something
6
9.8
A ring-shaped area between two circles that have the same center
2
5.7
A small round shape made of rings, like on a flower or leaf
1
3.2
A metal ring on a gas stove that makes a flame for cooking
1
6.4
A ring-shaped mark that appears at the edge of a liquid drop as it dries
1
5.4
A ring of six carbon atoms, each joined to a hydrogen, found in many organic molecules
1
8.1
A ring of atoms in a molecule with at least one non-carbon atom
A ring of atoms joined in a molecule to form a loop
A low circular wall that keeps soil in place around plants
Idioms
- Archaic
1
9.9
To fill the air with loud happy sounds like singing or laughter
- Informal
To say you will run for a position, for example in an election
Compounds
- Offensive
4
9.8
A ring worn around the penis base to help keep an erection by reducing blood flow
2
6.5
A ring with a carved seal used to stamp wax to show who owned or approved a document
- Baby Talk
2
6.0
A children's game where players hold hands, walk in a circle, and fall down while singing
- Specialized
1
3.8
A layer of wood made in one year that appears as a ring in a tree trunk
1
7.6
A young woman who walks into the boxing ring between rounds holding a sign with the next round number
1
5.0
A small animal from Madagascar with a long tail that has black and white rings
- NSFW
1
5.3
A group of people who secretly run illegal betting, like on sports or card games
1
1.0
The finger between the middle finger and little finger where people often wear wedding rings
- Specialized
1
6.0
A thin metal band that fits around a piston to stop gas and oil leaking past it
- Specialized
1
9.9
A golden-brown or green ring at the edge of the clear front of the eye seen in Wilson's disease
- Specialized
1
6.4
A ring-shaped mark that appears at the edge of a liquid drop as it dries
- Specialized
1
5.4
A ring of six carbon atoms, each joined to a hydrogen, found in many organic molecules
- Specialized
1
3.7
Vaccinating people who were close to someone who had the disease to stop it spreading
- Baby Talk
1
9.9
A children's game where players hold hands, move in a circle and fall down together
- Specialized
1
7.9
A disease caused by bacteria that makes potato and tomato stems or tubers rot in a ring
- Baby Talk
1
8.0
A children's game where players hold hands in a circle, sing, and fall down
- UK
1
9.9
A European bird often found on rocky hills with dark feathers and a white band on the male's neck
- Specialized
1
7.3
A ring of magnets that keeps charged particles like electrons moving fast in a particle accelerator
- Archaic
1
9.9
A ring people wear to remember a dead person, often with writing or hair
- Specialized
1
7.7
An illness of plants like tomatoes and potatoes caused by bacteria that makes dark rings in the stem
- Offensive
1
7.5
A ring that you put at the base of the penis to help it stay hard by reducing blood flow
- Specialized
1
6.9
A circular strong wall built under a heavy structure to support its weight
- Specialized
1
7.5
A circular wall around a village or town that protects people from attack
- Specialized
1
4.1
A secure place on a computer that stores passwords and secret codes for apps and the system
1
8.5
An animal like a raccoon that has a long bushy tail with black and white rings
- Specialized
1
7.4
A metal ring on a rotating part that keeps an electric connection to a fixed part
- NSFW
1
7.0
A ring that you put at the base of the penis to slow blood flow and help keep it hard
- Specialized
1
8.0
Gears that fit together at a right angle to send power between car axles
- Specialized
A way to stop disease by giving vaccines to people exposed and their close contacts
- Specialized
Bacteria that cause a disease making crops like potatoes and tomatoes go soft and brown
- Specialized
A small living thing that makes fruits and vegetables rot, often making dry rings near sweet potato roots
- UK
A harmless snake with a bright ring around its neck found in North America or Europe
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Etymology
Ring also means a 'circle' or a circular place, like a ring of smoke or a boxing ring, and this use comes from the same idea of things placed in a circle.