n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: ringed ; ring · ing \ ' ri ŋ -i ŋ \
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to provide with a ring
2 : to place or form a ring around : ENCIRCLE <police ring ed the building>
3 : GIRDLE 2
4 : to throw a ringer over (the peg) in a game (as horseshoes or quoits)
intransitive verb
1 a : to move in a ring b : to rise in the air spirally
2 : to form or take the shape of a ring