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ringed

ringed

9 3.6
With colored bands around the body or surface
  • adjective
  • /rɪŋd/
: anillado
  • The tree was easily identifiable by its ringed trunk, which showcased alternating bands of light and dark bark.
  • Ringed Planet

Examples

  • Jeff's mother noticed his eyes ringed in black.

  • They're, they're ringed by thin bands of sand that are known as barrier islands.

  • And it's, it's ringed in yellow tape.

  • Or maybe those lonely Anna LED worms with their powerful ringed bodies.

  • That's actually a great name because indeed the Pacific is rimmed, is ringed by these subduction zones.

  • The base of each trunk is ringed thick with Moss, washing, watered by runoff, washing nutrients down yards of bark.

  • "I am a friend of the ones who built the Artifact," I answered and projected an image of Black-Ringed Tubes, one of the Bagpipes I had met on New Sonora.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Some species of fish exhibit ringed patterns on their bodies that help them camouflage among the coral reefs.

  • The artist painted a beautiful vase that was ringed with vibrant colors around its middle.

Synonyms

banded
vsringed
6 4.1

Having stripes or rings on the surface

refers to colored circular marks not general stripe patterns
ring-straked
vsringed
1 9.9

Marked with round bands that go around it

is a general term for colored circular marks often on bodies
annulated
vsringed
  • Specialized
1 9.5

Having rings or bands around it

describes colored circular marks rather than whole object shape
beringed
vsringed
  • Specialized
8.4

An animal that has a metal band on its leg to identify it

means colored circular marks, not attached metal identification loops

Compounds

5.5

A harmless snake found in England with a bright yellow or white collar

Surface Forms

ringed positive

Morphology

ringed = ring (transparent) = ring + ed

The adjective is a regular adjectival -ed form meaning 'having rings' derived directly from the noun 'ring'.

Etymology

Ringed comes from ring ('a round band' like a jewelry ring) plus -ed ('having'), so imagine an animal 'wearing' bands of color around its body; that's why ringed means 'having colored or marked rings'.