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Meaning of RINGED

Pronunciation:  ringd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed"
  2. [adj]  wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married; "a ringed wife"- Tennyson
  3. [adj]  shaped like a ring
 
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 Synonyms: adorned, annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, circular, decorated, encircled, married, ring-shaped, rounded, wreathed
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ringed\, a.
1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. ``A
   ringed wife.'' --Tennyson.
{Ringed seal} (Zo["o]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Phoca
   f[oe]tida}) having ringlike spots on the body.
{Ringed snake} (Zo["o]l.), a harmless European snake
   ({Tropidonotus natrix}) common in England.
{Ringed worm} (Zo["o]l.), an annelid.
 

 

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