ring
A solid object in the shape of a circle.
Noun 4 meanings
A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A group of objects arranged in a circle.
“a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood”
A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
“a ring of grime around the bathtub”
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.
Verb 4 meanings
To enclose or surround.
“The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.”
To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
“They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.”
To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
“We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.”
To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
“to ring a pig’s snout”
Etymology
From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range.
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RING at a glance
RING has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,598 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ring
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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