any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast,
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esp. Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
2.
a large American thrush, Turdus migratorius, having a chestnut-red breast and abdomen.
3.
any of several similar thrushes of the New World tropics, not necessarily having reddish underparts, as T. grayi(clay-colored robin), of Mexico and Central America.
a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling.
2.
Also called half brother.a male offspring having only one parent in common with another offspring.
3.
a stepbrother.
4.
a male numbered among the same kinship group, nationality, race, profession, etc., as another; an associate; a fellow member, fellow countryman, fellow man, etc.: a fraternity brother.
5.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
(often initial capital letter) a male numbered among the lay members of a religious organization that has a priesthood.
b.
a man who devotes himself to the duties of a religious order without taking holy orders, or while preparing for holy orders.
6.
brothers, all members of a particular race, or of the human race in general: All men are brothers.
7.
Slang. fellow; buddy: Brother, can you spare a dime?
8.
Informal. a black man; soul brother.
–interjection
9.
Slang. (used to express disappointment, disgust, or surprise).
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.
3.
a circular or surrounding line or mark: dark rings around the eyes.
4.
a circular course: to dance in a ring.
5.
a number of persons or things situated in a circle or in an approximately circular arrangement: a ring of stones; a ring of hills.
6.
the outside edge of a circular body, as a wheel; rim.
7.
an enclosed area, often circular, as for a sports contest or exhibition: a circus ring.
8.
a bullring.
9.
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.
10.
the sport of boxing; prizefighting: the heyday of the ring.
11.
(formerly in the U.S., now only in Brit.) an area in a racetrack where bookmakers take bets.
12.
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.
13.
a single turn in a spiral or helix or in a spiral course.
14.
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.
20.
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.
21.
a unit of measurement of the diameter of cigars, equal to 1/64 of an inch. Also called ring gauge.
Mathematics. a set that is closed under the operations of addition and multiplication and that is an Abelian group with respect to addition and an associative semigroup with respect to multiplication and in which the distributive laws relating the two operations hold.
–verb (used with object)
24.
to surround with a ring; encircle.
25.
to form into a ring.
26.
to insert a ring through the nose of (an animal).
27.
to hem in (animals) by riding or circling about them.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Aug. 31, 2008 ... the impressionable younger brother ... Batman and Robin save Gotham City ... s friend on how to end the engagement. ... Kim Deuk-gu dies in ...
Broadway World - Found Aug. 21, 2008 ... and have a younger brother who's 29 ... a faculty member named Robin Norton ... would have it, the engagement was ... calls for something ...
North County Times - Found Sep. 7, 2008 A man wants his fiancee's friend to help him end the engagement. ... Korean boxer Kim Deuk-gu dies in the ring in 1982. (2:00) (NR) SHOW 12:30 p.m
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