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RINGLET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae

Synonyms:

ringlet; ringlet butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ringlet" is a kind of...):

butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)

Holonyms ("ringlet" is a member of...):

family Satyridae; Satyridae (a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small ring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ringlet" is a kind of...):

band; ring (jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A strand or cluster of hair

Synonyms:

curl; lock; ringlet; whorl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ringlet" is a kind of...):

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ringlet"):

sausage curl (a fat sausage-shaped curl)

forelock (a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead)

crimp (a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled)

dreadlock (one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians)

Holonyms ("ringlet" is a part of...):

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

Synonyms:

coil; curl; curlicue; gyre; ringlet; roll; scroll; whorl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("ringlet" is a kind of...):

round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ringlet"):

corolla ((botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth)

calyx ((botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green)

verticil (a whorl of leaves growing around a stem)

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 Context examples: 

Seen now, in broad daylight, she looked tall, fair, and shapely; brown eyes with a benignant light in their irids, and a fine pencilling of long lashes round, relieved the whiteness of her large front; on each of her temples her hair, of a very dark brown, was clustered in round curls, according to the fashion of those times, when neither smooth bands nor long ringlets were in vogue; her dress, also in the mode of the day, was of purple cloth, relieved by a sort of Spanish trimming of black velvet; a gold watch (watches were not so common then as now) shone at her girdle.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)