ring

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

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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