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RINGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
Example:
the rings require a strong upper body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rings" is a kind of...):
exerciser; gymnastic apparatus (sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb ring
Context examples:
A sulfur-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) derivate consisting of 3 fused rings with keratolytic activity.
(Dibenzothiophene, NCI Thesaurus)
The answer, it turned out, was hidden in the rings.
(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)
Then he rings again when he has finished, and we take it down from the same chair.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A great gold chain hung round his neck, and rings glittered from every finger of his hands.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Professor Ulf Büntgen from Cambridge’s Department of Geography, the study’s lead author, uses the information contained in tree rings to study past climate conditions.
(Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms, University of Cambridge)
Darcy took up a book; Miss Bingley did the same; and Mrs. Hurst, principally occupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother's conversation with Miss Bennet.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Anthracene, also called paranaphthalene or green oil, a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of three benzene rings derived from coal-tar, is the simplest tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
(Anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)
The gap between the rings and the top of Saturn's atmosphere is about 1,500 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide.
(Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings, NASA)
The compounds can be single ring, or double, triple, or multiple fused rings.
(Aromatic Hydrocarbon, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A hyaline cartilage in the form of irregular rings in the larger bronchi that changes to small plates and islands in the smaller bronchi.
(Bronchus Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)
