ringed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb sound loudly and sonorously
    ring; peal.
    • the bells rang
  2. verb ring or echo with sound
    reverberate; ring; echo; resound.
    • the hall resounded with laughter
  3. verb make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
    ring; knell.
    • Ring the bells
    • My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church
  4. verb get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
    phone; ring; call; telephone; call up.
    • I tried to call you all night
    • Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
  5. verb extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    skirt; ring; border; environ; surround.
    • The forest surrounds my property
  6. verb attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
    band; ring.
    • ring birds
    • band the geese to observe their migratory patterns
  7. adjective satellite shaped like a ring
    ring-shaped; annulate; annulated; annular; doughnut-shaped; circinate.
  8. adjective satellite having colored rings around the body
  9. adjective satellite wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married
    • a ringed wife"- Tennyson

WordNet


Ringed adjective
Definitions
  1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
  2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. "A ringed wife." Tennyson.

Webster 1913