ring

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noun

1 piece of jewellery/jewelry

ADJECTIVE

▪ engagement, eternity (esp. BrE), promise (esp. AmE), purity (esp. AmE), signet, wedding

▪ diamond, gold, silver, etc.

▪

She wore a diamond engagement ring.

▪ belly-button, eyebrow, lip, navel, nipple, nose, tongue, etc.

▪

She had a small nose ring.

▪ pinky (AmE)

▪ championship, Super Bowl™ (both AmE)

▪

He has earned three Super Bowl rings in the last four years.

VERB + RING

▪ have on, sport, wear

▪

He had a signet ring on his little finger.

▪

His right ear sported a gold ring.

▪ put on, slide on, slip on

▪

He slipped the ring on her finger.

▪ pull off, slide off, slip off, take off

▪ exchange

▪

They exchange rings and wedding vows.

▪ kiss

▪

She kissed the great ring of the archbishop of Chicago.

RING + NOUN

▪ finger (= the finger next to the little finger, esp. on the left hand)

▪ box (esp. AmE)

▪

I pulled the small ring box out of my pocket.

2 circle

ADJECTIVE

▪ inner, innermost

▪ outer, outermost

▪ concentric

▪

The street plan of the city has evolved as a series of concentric rings.

▪ black, dark

▪

He had dark rings around his eyes.

▪ smoke

▪

He can blow smoke rings.

▪ tree

▪ onion

▪

a plate of onion rings

▪ teething

▪ napkin

VERB + RING

▪ form, stand in

▪

The children formed a ring around their teacher.

PREPOSITION

▪ ring of

▪

a ring of fire/smoke/stones

▪ in a/the ring

▪

The children sat on the floor in a ring.

3 where a performance, match, etc. takes place

ADJECTIVE

▪ boxing, bull, circus, show, wrestling

VERB + RING

▪ enter

▪

He entered the ring wearing his usual outfit.

▪ leave

▪

Ashton left the ring with a nasty cut to the right eye.

PREPOSITION

▪ in the ring, into the ring

▪

He was back in the ring (= the boxing ring) only a month after the injury.

PHRASES

▪ retire from the ring (= stop boxing)

4 people involved in sth secret/illegal

ADJECTIVE

▪ drug (esp. AmE), drugs (BrE), money-laundering, prostitution, smuggling, spy

VERB + RING

▪ be involved in

▪ break up, bust (esp. AmE)

▪

Customs officials have broken up a major drug ring.

5 (BrE) telephone call

VERB + RING

▪ give sb

▪

I'll give you a ring once I get home.

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verb

Ring is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑alarm, ↑bell, ↑cash register, ↑cellphone, ↑clock, ↑doorbell, ↑ear, ↑mobile phone, ↑phone, ↑telephone, ↑till, ↑viewer, ↑voice, ↑word

Ring is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ambulance, ↑bell, ↑buzzer, ↑cash register, ↑doorbell, ↑hotline, ↑number, ↑peal, ↑reception, ↑switchboard