a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, esp. one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
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anything having the form of such a band: a napkin ring; a smoke ring.
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a circular or surrounding line or mark: dark rings around the eyes.
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a circular course: to dance in a ring.
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a number of persons or things situated in a circle or in an approximately circular arrangement: a ring of stones; a ring of hills.
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the outside edge of a circular body, as a wheel; rim.
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an enclosed area, often circular, as for a sports contest or exhibition: a circus ring.
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a bullring.
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an enclosure in which boxing and wrestling matches take place, usually consisting of a square, canvas-covered platform with surrounding ropes that are supported at each corner by posts.
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the sport of boxing; prizefighting: the heyday of the ring.
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(formerly in the U.S., now only in Brit.) an area in a racetrack where bookmakers take bets.
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a group of persons cooperating for unethical, illicit, or illegal purposes, as to control stock-market prices, manipulate politicians, or elude the law: a ring of dope smugglers.
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a single turn in a spiral or helix or in a spiral course.
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Geometry. the area or space between two concentric circles.
a bowlike or circular piece at the top of an anchor, to which the chain or cable is secured.
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Also called spinning ring.Textiles. (in the ring-spinning frame) a circular track of highly polished steel on which the traveler moves and which imparts twists to the yarn by variations in its vertical movement.
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a unit of measurement of the diameter of cigars, equal to 1/64 of an inch. Also called ring gauge.
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–verb (used with object)
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to surround with a ring; encircle.
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to form into a ring.
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to insert a ring through the nose of (an animal).
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to hem in (animals) by riding or circling about them.
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