ringed
/rɪŋd
/adjective
1Marked with or encircled by a ring or rings: a long, ringed tail similar to a tabby cat...
- A head with a ringed neck probably refers to the well-known fertility goddess.
- Her ringed tail twitched, and she disappeared.
- They dozed with their black-and-white ringed tails flung over their shoulders like feather boas.
1.1 Astronomy (Of a planet) having a thin band or disc of rock and ice particles formed in its orbit: the probe will study the ringed planet for four years...
- I was impressed by the scene of a ringed planet sliding across the sky on its way to block out the sun.
- Chapter 4 deals with the process of creating ringed planets, star fields, and other celestial bodies.
- He learns that that he is the alien, and discovers his home is orbiting a ringed Saturn-like planet.
2Wearing a ring, as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority: they wore suits with the sleeves pulled back to show ringed fingers...
- He ran a heavily ringed right hand through his crimson hair.
- Her opponent had a ringed lip.
- The ringed man quickly looked behind him to see if anyone had heard.
2.1 Ornithology, British (Of a bird) having an aluminium strip secured round a leg as a means of identification: ringed birds have been recovered in winter...
- It has not been a very efficient way, with only about one in a hundred ringed birds recaptured.
- Eight years after banding, autumn-ringed birds were recovered in the Kalinin district.
- There are numerous recoveries of ringed birds which have spent one winter in this country.