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   Ring

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   noun

   • 1. a small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority: "a diamond ring" Similar wedding ringband of goldmarriage token
   • 2. a ring-shaped or circular object: "fried onion rings" Similar circlecircletbandroundloophoopcircuithalodisk
   • ▪ a circular marking or pattern: "black rings around her eyes"
   • ▪ a group of people or things arranged in a circle: "everyone sat in a ring, holding hands" Similar circlegroupknotclusterbunchbandgatheringthrongcrowdflockassemblagemobpack
   • ▪ a circular or spiral course: "they were dancing energetically in a ring"
   • ▪ a thin band or disk of rock and ice particles around a planet: "Saturn's rings"
   • ▪ short for tree ring
   • ▪ a circular prehistoric earthwork, typically consisting of a bank and ditch: "a ring ditch"
   • 3. an enclosed space, surrounded by seating for spectators, in which a sport, performance, or show takes place: "a circus ring" Similar arenaenclosureareafieldgroundplatformamphitheatercolosseumstadium
   • ▪ a roped enclosure for boxing or wrestling: "a boxing ring"
   • ▪ the profession, sport, or institution of boxing: "Fogerty quit the ring to play professional rugby league"
   • 4. a group of people drawn together due to a shared interest or goal, especially one involving illegal or unscrupulous activity: "the police had been investigating the drug ring" Similar gangsyndicatecartelmobbandorganizationconfederationconfederacyfederationunionassociationcirclesocietycombineconsortiumallianceleaguecabalcellcoteriecrewjunta
   • 5. another term for closed chain
   • 6. a set of elements with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, the second being distributive over the first and associative.

   verb

   • 1. surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment: "the courthouse was ringed with police"
   • ▪ form a line around the edge of (something circular): "dark shadows ringed his eyes"
   • ▪ draw a circle around (something), especially to focus attention on it: British "an area of Tribeca had been ringed in red"
   • ▪ put a circular band through the nose of (a bull, pig, or other farm animal) to lead or otherwise control it: "in the mid 1850s there were fines for not ringing swine"

   Word Origin Old Englishhring, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ring, German Ring, also to the noun rank1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ringless adjective

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   • The ring has a special significance within Wiccan, Pagan, and Celtic culture because it is a symbol of unbrokenness. It is also a symbol of completion - as the two of you are now complete.

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    A ring is a circular or oval shape, like the rings around Saturn or a ring of trees surrounding an open field, or the ring of delicious fried pastry that we call a doughnut.