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ringed Definition

ringed (riŋd)

adjective

  1. wearing or having a ring or rings
  2. decorated or marked with a ring or rings
  3. encircled by a ring or rings
  4. 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.