Ring

/ɹɪŋ/ · noun

Meaning

(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle..

Definitions by Sense

1. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
3. A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
4. (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
5. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
6. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
7. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
8. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.

Example Sentences

a ring of grime around the bathtub

Individuals looking to add their own homepage to a particular ring are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains a ring homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index of its member sites.

Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, / Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.

“If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight!” Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little more about fighting than you do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor.

a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)

the ruling ring at Constantinople

It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot.

In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.

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Word Forms

• rings
• ringing
• ringed
• rang
• rung

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