ALL meanings of ringless
ring
R r - noun ringless a bullring. 1
- noun ringless an enclosure in which boxing and wrestling matches take place, usually consisting of a square, canvas-covered platform with surrounding ropes that are supported at each corner by posts. 1
- noun ringless the sport of boxing; prizefighting: the heyday of the ring. 1
- noun ringless (formerly in the U.S., now only in Brit.) an area in a racetrack where bookmakers take bets. 1
- noun ringless a group of persons cooperating for unethical, illicit, or illegal purposes, as to control stock-market prices, manipulate politicians, or elude the law: a ring of dope smugglers. 1
- noun ringless a single turn in a spiral or helix or in a spiral course. 1
- noun ringless Geometry. the area or space between two concentric circles. 1
- noun ringless annual ring. 1
- noun ringless a circle of bark cut from around a tree. 1
- noun ringless Chemistry. a number of atoms so united that they may be graphically represented in cyclic form. Compare chain (def 7). 1
- noun ringless Architecture. rowlock (def 1). 1
- noun ringless a bowlike or circular piece at the top of an anchor, to which the chain or cable is secured. 1
- noun ringless Also called spinning ring. Textiles. (in the ring-spinning frame) a circular track of highly polished steel on which the traveler moves and which imparts twists to the yarn by variations in its vertical movement. 1
- noun ringless a unit of measurement of the diameter of cigars, equal to 1/64 of an inch. Also called ring gauge. 1
- noun ringless Automotive, Machinery. piston ring. 1
- noun ringless Mathematics. a set that is closed under the operations of addition and multiplication and that is an Abelian group with respect to addition and an associative semigroup with respect to multiplication and in which the distributive laws relating the two operations hold. 1
- verb with object ringless to surround with a ring; encircle. 1
- verb with object ringless to form into a ring. 1
- verb with object ringless to insert a ring through the nose of (an animal). 1
- verb with object ringless to hem in (animals) by riding or circling about them. 1
- verb with object ringless to girdle (def 11). 1
- verb with object ringless (in horseshoes, ringtoss, etc.) to encircle (a stake or peg) with a ring, horseshoe, etc. 1
- verb without object ringless to form a ring or rings. 1
- verb without object ringless to move in a ring or a constantly curving course: The road rings around the mountain. 1
- idioms ringless run rings around, to be obviously superior to; surpass; outdo: As an artist, she can run rings around her brother. 1
- idioms ringless throw / toss one's hat in / into the ring. hat (def 8). 1
- noun ringless a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc. 1
- noun ringless anything having the form of such a band: a napkin ring; a smoke ring. 1
- noun ringless a circular or surrounding line or mark: dark rings around the eyes. 1
- noun ringless a circular course: to dance in a ring. 1
- noun ringless a number of persons or things situated in a circle or in an approximately circular arrangement: a ring of stones; a ring of hills. 1
- noun ringless the outside edge of a circular body, as a wheel; rim. 1
- noun ringless an enclosed area, often circular, as for a sports contest or exhibition: a circus ring. 1
- adjective ringless lacking rings or a ring 0