| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
ring1 |
| |
| NOUN: | 1. A closed plane curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point or something shaped like this: band1, circle, circuit, disk, gyre, wheel. Archaic : orb. See GEOMETRY. 2. A group of individuals united in a common cause: bloc, cartel, coalition, combination, combine, faction, party. See GROUP. 3. An organized group of criminals, hoodlums, or wrongdoers: band2, gang, pack. Informal : mob. See GROUP. 4. A length of line folded over and joined at the ends so as to form a curve or circle: eye, loop. See STRAIGHT. | | VERB: | 1. To encircle with or as if with a band: band1, begird, belt, cincture, compass, encompass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt. Archaic : engird. See EDGE. 2. To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, surround. See OPEN.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
