ring - Definition from the TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH

ring
3 verb

ring3 past tense and past participle ringed [transitive]

1 to surround something:

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Thousands of people ringed the court building to demand the release of Mr Cox.

be ringed with something

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Her eyes were ringed with stiff black lashes.

2 British English to draw a circular mark around something [= circle]:

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Ring the mistakes in red.

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