Definitions for ring
rɪŋring

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ringnoun

   a characteristic sound

   "it has the ring of sincerity"

2. ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ringnoun

   a toroidal shape

   "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"

3. hoop, ringnoun

   a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

   "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

4. closed chain, ringnoun

   (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

5. gang, pack, ring, mobnoun

   an association of criminals

   "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

6. ring, ringing, tintinnabulationnoun

   the sound of a bell ringing

   "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

7. ringnoun

   a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

8. ring, bandnoun

   jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

   "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"

9. band, ringverb

   a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

10. ring, pealverb

    sound loudly and sonorously

    "the bells rang"

11. resound, echo, ring, reverberateverb

    ring or echo with sound

    "the hall resounded with laughter"

12. ring, knellverb

    make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

    "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

13. call, telephone, call up, phone, ringverb

    get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

    "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

14. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

    "The forest surrounds my property"

15. ring, bandverb

    attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

    "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ringnoun

   A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.

2. ringnoun

   A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger.

3. ring

   A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.

4. ring

   A piece of food in the shape of a ring, as in onion ring

5. ring

   A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.

6. ring

   An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a crime ring, prostitution ring, etc.

7. ring

   A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.

8. ring

   Burner.

9. ring

   A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.

10. ringverb

    To surround or enclose.

    The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.

11. ringverb

    To make an incision around; to girdle.

    They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.

12. ring

    To attach a ring to, especially for identification.

13. ring

    To rise in the air spirally.

14. ringnoun

    The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.

15. ringnoun

    A pleasant or correct sound.

    The name has a nice ring to it.

16. ring

    A telephone call.

    I'll give you a ring when the plane lands.

17. ringverb

    Of a bell, to produce sound; to make a bell produce sound.

18. ringverb

    To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

    Whose mobile phone is ringing?

19. ring

    Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

    That does not ring true.

20. ring

    To telephone someone.

    I will ring you when we arrive.

21. ring

    to resound, reverberate, echo

22. ringnoun

    An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations, an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.

    The set of integers, uE00025517uE001, is the prototypical ring.

23. ringnoun

    An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.

    The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set uE00025518uE001 of even integers to be a ring.

24. ring

    A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a krouek.

25. ring

    An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.

26. ring

    a large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.

27. ring

    A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).

28. ring

    In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.

29. Ringnoun

    for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RINGnoun

   Etymology: hring , Saxon.

   1. A circle; an orbicular line.

   In this habit
   Met I my father with his bleeding rings,
   Their precious gems new lost. William Shakespeare.

   Bubbles of water, before they began to exhibit their colours to the naked eye, have appeared through a prism girded about with many parallel and horizontal rings. Newton.

   2. A circle of gold or some other matter worn as an ornament.

   A quarrel
   —— About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring. William Shakespeare.

   I have seen old Roman rings so very thick about, and with such large stones in them, that ’tis no wonder a fop should reckon them a little cumbersome in the summer. Addison.

   3. A circle of metal to be held by.

   The rings of iron, that on the doors were hung,
   Sent out a jarring sound, and harshly rung. Dryden.

   Some eagle got the ring of my box in his beak, with an intent to let it fall, and devour it. Gulliver.

   4. A circular course.

   Chaste Diana,
   Goddess presiding o’er the rapid race,
   Place me, O place me in the dusty ring,
   Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. Smith.

   5. A circle made by persons standing round.

   Make a ring about the corps of Cæsar,
   And let me shew you him, that made the will. William Shakespeare.

   The Italians, perceiving themselves almost environed, cast themselves into a ring, and retired back into the city. John Hayward.

   Round my arbour a new ring they made,
   And footed it about the secret shade. Dryden.

   6. A number of bells harmonically tuned.

   A squirrel spends his little rage,
   In jumping round a rowling cage;
   The cage as either side turn’d up,
   Striking a ring of bells a-top. Matthew Prior.

   7. The sound of bells or any other sonorous body.

   Stop the holes of a hawk’s bell, it will make no ring, but a flat noise or rattle. Francis Bacon.

   Hawks bells, that have holes, give a greater ring, than if the pellet did strike upon brass in the open air. Francis Bacon.

   Sullen Moloch fled,
   Hath left in shadows dread
   His burning idol all of blackest hue;
   In vain with cymbals ring,
   They call the grisly king. John Milton.

   8. A sound of any kind.

   The king, full of confidence, as he had been victorious in battle, and had prevailed with his parliament, and had the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears, thought the rest of his reign should be but play. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

2. To Ringverb

   pret. and part. pass. rung.

   Etymology: hringan , Saxon.

   1. To strike bells or any other sonorous body, so as to make it sound.

   I ’gin to be aweary of the sun;
   Ring the alarum bell. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   2. [From ring.] To encircle.

   Talbot,
   Who, ring’d about with bold adversity,
   Cries out for noble York and Somerset. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   3. To fit with rings.

   Death, death; oh amiable lovely death!
   Thou odoriferous stench, sound rotteness,
   Arise forth from thy couch of lasting night,
   Thou hate and terrour to prosperity,
   And I will kiss thy detestable bones,
   And put my eye-balls in thy vaulty brows,
   And ring these fingers with thy houshold worms. William Shakespeare.

   4. To restrain a hog by a ring in his nose.

3. To Ringverb

   1. To sound as a bell or sonorous metal.

   Ring out ye crystal spheres,
   And let your silver chime
   Move in melodious time;
   And let the base of heav’n’s deep organ blow. John Milton.

   No funeral rites nor man in mournful weeds,
   Nor mournful bell shall ring her burial. William Shakespeare.

   Easy it might be to ring other changes upon the same bells. John Norris, Miseellanies.

   At Latagus a weighty stone he flung;
   His face was flatted, and his helmet rung. Dryden.

   2. To practise the art of making musick with bells.

   Signs for communication may be contrived at pleasure: four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing; each change may, by agreement, have a certain signification. William Holder.

   3. To sound; to resound.

   Hercules, missing his page, called him by his name aloud, that all the shore rang of it. Francis Bacon.

   The particular ringing sound in gold, distinct from the sound of other bodies, has no particular name. John Locke.

   With sweeter notes each rising temple rung,
   A Raphael painted! and a Vida sung!
   Immortal Vida! Alexander Pope.

   4. To utter as a bell.

   Ere to black Hecat’s summons
   The shard-born beetle, with his drowsy hums,
   Hath rung night’s yawning peal, there shall be done
   A deed of dreadful note. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   5. To tinkle.

   My ears still ring with noise; I’m vext to death:
   Tongue-kill’d, and have not yet recover’d breath. Dryden.

   6. To be filled with a bruit or report.

   That profane, atheistical, epicurean rabble, whom the whole nation so rings of, are not indeed, what they vote themselves, the wisest men in the world. South.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ring

   In molecular biology, a RING (short for Really Interesting New Gene) finger domain is a protein structural domain of zinc finger type which contains a C3HC4 amino acid motif which binds two zinc cations (seven cysteines and one histidine arranged non-consecutively). This protein domain contains 40 to 60 amino acids. Many proteins containing a RING finger play a key role in the ubiquitination pathway.

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1. ring

   A ring is a mathematical structure which consists of a set accompanied by two binary operations that model the operations of arithmetic. These operations are usually referred to as addition and multiplication, and the set is required to satisfy several axioms such as associativity, distributive law, existence of an identity element, and the existence of additive inverses. A ring can be further classified into categories like commutative rings, integral domains, and fields based on additional properties.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ringverb

   to cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell

2. Ringverb

   to make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound

3. Ringverb

   to repeat often, loudly, or earnestly

4. Ringverb

   to sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one

5. Ringverb

   to practice making music with bells

6. Ringverb

   to sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound

7. Ringverb

   to continue to sound or vibrate; to resound

8. Ringverb

   to be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame

9. Ringnoun

   a sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell

10. Ringnoun

    any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated

11. Ringnoun

    a chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned

12. Ringnoun

    a circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop

13. Ringnoun

    specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring

14. Ringnoun

    a circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena

15. Ringnoun

    an inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting

16. Ringnoun

    a circular group of persons

17. Ringnoun

    the plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles

18. Ringnoun

    the solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure

19. Ringnoun

    an instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite

20. Ringnoun

    an elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium

21. Ringnoun

    a clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc

22. Ringverb

    to surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle

23. Ringverb

    to make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots

24. Ringverb

    to fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout

25. Ringverb

    to rise in the air spirally

26. Etymology: [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. 19.]

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1. Ring

   A finger ring is a circular band worn as a type of ornamental jewellery around the finger; it is the most common current meaning of the word ring. Other types of metal rings worn as ornaments are also called rings, such as earrings, arm rings, toe rings and neck rings. Rings can be of almost any material: metal, plastic, wood, bone, glass, gemstone to name a few. They may be set with a stone of some sort, which is often a precious or semi-precious gemstone such as diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald, but can also be of almost any material.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ring

   ring, n. a circle: a small hoop, usually of metal, worn on the finger or in the ear as an ornament: a circular area for races, &c.: a circular course, a revolution: a clique organised to control the market: an arena or prize-ring: the commercial measure of staves for casks: (archit.) a cincture round a column: (anat.) an annulus: a group or combination of persons.—v.t. to encircle: to fit with a ring: to surround: to wed with a ring: (hort.) to cut out a ring of bark from a tree.—v.i. to move in rings.—ns. Ring′-ar′mature, an armature in which the coils of wire are wound round a ring; Ring′-arm′our, armour made of metal rings (see Chain-mail).—v.t. Ring′-bark, to strip a ring of bark round a tree to kill it.—ns. Ring′bill, the ring-necked duck; Ring′-bolt, an iron bolt with a ring through a hole at one end; Ring′bone, in farriery, a bony callus on a horse's pastern-bone, the result of inflammation: the condition caused by this; Ring′-bunt′ing, the reed-bunting; Ring′-carr′ier, a go-between; Ring′-dī′al, a portable sun-dial; Ring′-dog, an iron apparatus for hauling timber; Ring′-dott′erel, the ringed plover; Ring′dove, the cushat or wood-pigeon, so called from a white ring or line on the neck; Ring′-drop′ping, a trick practised by rogues upon simple people.—adj. Ringed, surrounded as with a ring, annulose, annulate: wearing a wedding-ring.—ns. Ringed′-car′pet, a British geometrid moth; Ring′-fence, a fence continuously encircling an estate, a limit; Ring′-fing′er, the third finger of the left hand, on which women wear their marriage-ring.—adj. Ring′-formed, annular.—ns. Ring′-frame, any one of a class of spinning-machines with vertical spindles; Ring′-gauge, a measure consisting of a ring of fixed size used for measuring spherical objects; Ring′leader, the head of a riotous body: one who opens a ball; Ring′let, a little ring: a curl, esp. of hair.—adj. Ring′leted.—ns. Ring′lock, a puzzle-lock; Ring′-mail, chain-armour; Ring′man, the third finger of the hand: one interested in the prize-ring; Ring′-mas′ter, one who has charge of a circus-ring and the performances in it; Ring′-mon′ey, rudely formed rings anciently used for money; Ring′-neck, a kind of ring-plover: the ring-necked duck; Ring′-net, a net for catching butterflies; Ring′-ou′sel, a species of thrush, with a white band on the breast; Ring′-parr′ot, a common Indian parrot; Ring′-perch, the perch of North America; Ring′-plov′er, a ring-necked plover; Ring′-rope, a rope for hauling the cable in rough weather; Ring′-saw, a scroll-saw with annular web; Ring′-small, broken stones of such a size as to pass through a ring two inches in diameter; Ring′-snake, the collared snake, a harmless serpent of the United States; Ring′ster, a member of a ring; Ring′-stop′per, a piece of rope by which the ring of an anchor is secured to the cat-head.—adjs. Ring′-straked (B.), -streaked, streaked with rings.—n. Ring′-tail (naut.), a studding-sail set upon the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail: a light sail set abaft and beyond the spanker: the female of the hen-harrier, named from a rust-coloured ring formed by the tips of the tail-feathers when expanded.—adj. Ring′-tailed, having the tail marked with bars or rings of colour, as a lemur: having a tail curled at the end.—ns. Ring′-thrush, the ring-ousel; Ring′-time (Shak.), time for marrying; Ring′-valve, a hollow cylindrical valve; Ring′-work, a material composed of rings interlinked; Ring′worm, a skin disease in which itchy pimples appear in rings.—Ring the changes (see Change).—Ride, or Tilt, at the ring, to practise the sport of riding rapidly, spear in hand, and carrying off with it a ring hung up; The ring, pugilism and the persons connected with it. [A.S. hring; Ice. hring-r, Ger., Dan., and Sw. ring.]

2. Ring

   ring, v.i. to sound as a bell when struck: to tinkle: to practise the art of ringing bells: to continue to sound: to be filled with report: to resound: to echo.—v.t. to cause to sound, as a metal: to produce by ringing:—pa.t. rang, rung; pa.p. rung.—n. a sound, esp. of metals: the sound of many voices: a chime of many bells.—ns. Ring′er; Ring′ing, the act of causing to sound, as music-bells: resounding.—adv. Ring′ingly.—Ring backward, to change the order of ringing; Ring down, to conclude; Ring in (theat.), to signal the conductor to begin; Ringing of the ears, a sound in the ears; Ring up, to rouse by the ringing of a bell. [A.S. hringan; cog. with Ice. hringja, to ring bells, hringla, to clink, Dan. ringle, to tinkle.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ring

   A commercial measure of staves, or wood prepared for casks, and containing four shocks. Also, the iron ring to which the cable is bent to the anchor in the summit of the shank.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ring

   A product created to put on our finger.

   People love their wedding rings.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

2. ---

   ring

   To make a call.

   He did ring to say we have a unity government and we are all delighted

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  

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1. ring

   Song lyrics by ring -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by ring on the Lyrics.com website.

2. RING

   What does RING stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RING acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ring

   A professional term for a charmed circle--e.g. “The Dramatic Ring.”

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ring

   a circle or annulus, usually margining a discolored spot.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ring is ranked #2226 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ring surname appeared 16,381 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Ring.
   
   91% or 14,921 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 500 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 316 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 300 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.6% or 262 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 84 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Association
   • Band
   • Chain
   • Chemistry
   • Platform
   • Sound
   • Toroid
   • Touch

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ring' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2865

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ring' in Written Corpus Frequency: #907

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ring' in Nouns Frequency: #890

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ring' in Verbs Frequency: #286

Anagrams for ring »

1. girn

2. grin

3. NGRI

How to pronounce ring?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ring in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ring in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ring in a Sentence

1. Naomi Graham:

   The military teaches you to be adaptable in any situation, and I believe I take that into the ring, because any style I see, I immediately adapt as soon as I see something that needs to be adjusted.

2. Lindy Thackston:

   It felt surreal to ring the bell because it’s something I’ve visualized the entire time, i also felt a lot of survivor’s guilt ringing it and looking at everyone still sitting there. It’s hard with the friends I’ve made in chemo knowing that they are still there, and knowing a lot of people are in chemo for life. So I felt thankful ringing it and I also felt guilty ringing it.

3. Scott Selby:

   The gold and smaller stones are easy to sell, the big stones, especially the one on her engagement ring, are next to impossible to sell. They will likely have to break it into smaller stones and so lose most of its value.

4. Floyd Mayweather:

   My uncle was one of the most important people in my life inside and outside of the ring, roger was a great champion and one of the best trainers in boxing. Unfortunately, his health was failing him for several years and now he can finally rest in peace.

5. Roman Malayev:

   We are thrilled to congratulate Britney and Sam on their recent engagement. We couldn’t feel more honored to create this ring for such a special couple. Their journey together has touched people around the world and we're so excited to be a part of their forever.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ring
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ring
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ring
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ring
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ring
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=ring
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=ring
11. ^ Entomology
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=ring
12. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html