RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY

Meaning of RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY in English

ˌRing-aˌround-the-ˈrosy BrE AmE

a US children's singing game which has the same origin as Ring a ring o' roses : Ring-around-the-rosy,/Pocket full of posy,/Ashes, Ashes,/We all fall down.

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RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY — also ring-around-a-rosy noun Date: 1878 a children's singing game in which players dance around in a circle and at a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY — noun see ring-around-a-rosy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY — n. game played by children in which the players dance around in a circle to the tune of a nursery …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY — noun also ring-around-a-rosy -ˌrau̇n-də- Date: 1878 : a children's singing game in which players dance around in a circle and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY — Pronunciation: ˌ ri ŋ - ə - ˌ rau ̇ n(d)- th ə - ' r ō -z ē Variant: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROSY — rubi, roscolori, ros-rubi
English interlingue dictionary
ROSY — rosason
English-Visayan vocabulary
ROSY — adjective (rosier; -est) Date: 14th century 1. of the color rose, having a pinkish usually healthy-looking complexion ; blooming , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROSY — I. ˈrōzē, -zi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from rose (II) + -y 1. a. (1) : of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RING
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROSY — (superl.) Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
Английский словарь Webster
ROSY — ( superl. ) Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROSY — /roh"zee/ , n. a female given name, form of Rose .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROSY — — rosiness , n. /roh"zee/ , adj., rosier, rosiest . 1. pink or pinkish-red; roseate. 2. (of persons, the cheeks, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RING — ring 1 — ringless , adj. — ringlike , adj. /ring/ , n. , v. , ringed, ringing . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROSY — adj. having a pinkish or reddish coloring; promising, favorable
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ROSY — n. female first name
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RING — I. ˈriŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hring; akin to Old High German hring ring, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROSY — adjective ( ros·i·er ; -est ) Date: 14th century 1. a. : of the color rose b. : having a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROSY — superl resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
Webster English vocab
RING — noun a circular group of persons. 2. ring ·vi to rise in the air spirally. 3. ring ·vi to practice …
Webster English vocab
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
ROSY — ■ adjective ( rosier , rosiest ) 1》 (especially of a person's skin) rose-red or pink, typically as an indication …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROSY — [rosy] adj ros.i.er ; -est (14c) 1 a: of the color rose b: having a pinkish usu. healthy-looking complexion: blooming …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RING — [ring] n [ME, fr. OE hring; akin to OHG hring ring, OCS krogu circle] (bef. 12c) 1: a circular band …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROSY — ros|y BrE AmE ˈrəʊz |i AmE ˈroʊz |i ▷ ros|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r ▷ ros|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RING — I . / rɪŋ; NAmE / noun , verb —see also ring (II) ■ noun JEWELLERY 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROSY — / ˈrəʊzi; NAmE ˈroʊzi/ adjective ( rosi·er , rosi·est ) 1. pink and pleasant in appearance : She had rosy …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROSY — ros ‧ y /ˈrəʊzi $ ˈroʊ-/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative rosier , superlative rosiest ) 1 . seeming to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RING — I. ring 1 S1 W2 /rɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1-2, 5, 8-11: Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROSY — adj. (rosier, rosiest) 1 coloured like a pink or red rose (esp. of the complexion as indicating good health, of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROSY — adj. (rosier, rosiest) 1 coloured like a pink or red rose (esp. of the complexion as indicating good health, of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROSY — adj. (rosier, rosiest) 1. coloured like a pink or red rose (esp. of the complexion as indicating good health, of …
Oxford English vocab
RING — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a circular band, usu. of precious metal, worn on a finger as an ornament …
Oxford English vocab
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
RING — I. TELEPHONING OR MAKING A SOUND /rɪŋ/ ( rings, ringing, rang, rung) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROSY — ( rosier, rosiest) 1. If you say that someone has a rosy face, you mean that they have pink cheeks …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ROSY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a glowing/rosy/pink complexion (= healthy and pink – used about women or children ) a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bell rings out (= it rings loudly ) ▪ The bells rang out …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AROUND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROSY — [adjective] -ier, -iest(literary) The white walls of the house were turned a rosy colour (= between red and pink) by …
Cambridge English vocab
ROSY — Synonyms and related words : Leibnizian, auspicious, balmy, beaming, blithe, blithesome, blooming, blossoming, blowzed, blowzy, blushing, booming, bright, bright and …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ROSY — adj. Rosy is used with these nouns: ↑ cheek , ↑ complexion , ↑ future , ↑ glow , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
Longman Activator English vocab
ROSY — adj. 25B6; adjective a rosy complexion : PINK, pinkish, roseate, reddish; glowing, healthy, fresh, radiant, blooming; blushing, flushed; ruddy, high-coloured, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROSY — adj. 1 pink, rose-coloured, red, roseate, reddish, pinkish, cherry, cerise, ruddy, flushed, glowing, blushing, ruby, rubicund, florid; rose-red During the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa There were around a dozen of us in the place 2 about, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RING — A circular piece or band of metal. See balk ring , chainring , chrome ring , compression ring , flywheel …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
ROSY — прил. 1) розовый; румяный; цветущий (о человеке) 2) ясный, светлый; радужный Syn : clear, lucid 3) сл. пьяный 4) похожий …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RING — I 1. сущ. 1) а) кольцо; круг; окружность; ободок, обруч to wear a ring on one's finger ≈ носить кольцо …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around ≈ фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROSY — rosy.ogg ʹrəʋzı a 1. 1> розовый rosy light wine, sky - розовый свет -ое вино, небо 2> румяный; цветущий rosy …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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