ringed Definition
ringed (riŋd)
adjective
- wearing or having a ring or rings
- decorated or marked with a ring or rings
- encircled by a ring or rings
- formed like a ring or of rings
ringed Usage Examples
Preposition: at
obs: Willow Warblers numbered around 1000 throughout the island, with 173 trapped and ringed at the Obs alone.
Preposition: as
- nestling: The bird was ringed as a nestling on Little Ross Island in Kirkcudbrightshire on I 20th June 1998.
- chick: I sent off the details and it was ringed as a chick at Abberton Reservoir in Essex in 2000.
Modifies a noun
- plover: Also, ringed plovers have declined by 50 % across all the islands.
- planet: Saturn, the ringed planet, second only to Jupiter in size.
- seal: We can expect to see an abundance of wildlife here from seabirds, bearded and ringed seals to polar bears.
- bird: Find out where the ringed bird you sighted was born or ringed.
- hob: Four ringed gas hob and fitted storage cupboards above and below.
- round: Rose - who had made several outstanding saves - came up to join her colleagues ringed round the Australian circle.
Modifying Another Word
- originally: Originally ringed as a single chick in a nest near Tregaron on 27th June 2003.
- not: But this will never be proved, since she is not ringed.
- first: The bird was first ringed in mid-May 1957, just one month short of 46 years ago.
Used with adjective complement
have: Milligan: The Military authorities had ringed the town!
Preposition: in
red: Once you've opened it you see a screen like this: Click the button ' Quick Connect ' ringed in red above.
Preposition: with
leave: The central head is held aloft by female ' Victories ' , on a shield ringed with oak leaves.
Preposition: by
- mountain: On flat land to the west of Loch Affric, ringed by high mountains, the bothy's location makes for a memorable week.
- fence: The Oxford team has found that 2,500 years ago the area housed a thriving, bustling settlement, ringed by timber fences.
- wall: It was ringed by massive walls pierced by sturdy gates.
- beach: Covered in luxuriant vegetation, it is ringed by a fine sand beach.
- hill: Your destination Loch Ossian is a small stretch of water at the heart of Rannoch Moor ringed by hills and mountains.
Browse dictionary entries near ringed
- ‹ ringdove
- ‹ ringbone
- ‹ ringbolt
- ‹ ringback tone
- ‹ ring topology
- ‹ ring tone
- ‹ ring the changes on
- ‹ ring-tailed
- ‹ ring-streaked
- ‹ ring ouzel
- ringent ›
- ringer ›
- ringgit ›
- ringhals ›
- ringing signal ›
- ringleader ›
- ringlet ›
- ringmaster ›
- ringneck ›
- ringneck snake ›

