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Definition of 'ring'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ring
a typically circular band of durable material, as gold, worn on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.

2.  ring
anything having the form of such a band:
a smoke ring.

3.  ring
a circular line or mark:
dark rings around the eyes.

4.  ring
a circular course:
to dance in a ring.

5.  ring
a number of persons or things situated in a circle:
a ring of hills.

6.  ring
an enclosed area, often circular, for a sports contest or exhibition:
a circus ring.

7.  ring
a bullring.

8.  ring
a square enclosure in which boxing and wrestling matches take place.

9.  ring
the sport of boxing.

10.  ring
a pair of suspended rings that can be grasped by a gymnast for performing feats of balance and strength.

11.  ring
a competitive event in men's gymnastics using such an apparatus.

12.  ring
a group of persons cooperating for unethical or illegal purposes:
a ring of dope smugglers.

13.  ring
a single turn in a spiral or helix or in a spiral course.

14.  ring
a number of atoms so united that they may be graphically represented in cyclic form.

15.  ring
a bowlike or circular piece at the top of an anchor, to which the chain or cable is secured.

16.  ring
a set of mathematical elements that is commutative under addition and associative under multiplication and in which multiplication is distributive with respect to addition.

17. (v.t.) ring
to surround with a ring; encircle.

18.  ring
to form into a ring.

19.  ring
to throw a ring or horseshoe over (a stake or peg).

20. (v.i.) ring
to form a ring or rings.

21.  ring
to move in a ring or a constantly curving course.

22. (v.i.) ring
to give forth a clear resonant sound:
The doorbell rang twice.

23.  ring
to cause a bell, telephone, or the like to sound:
Just ring for service.

24.  ring
to resound; reecho:
The room rang with shouts.

25.  ring
(of the ears) to have the sensation of a continued ringing sound.

26.  ring
to make a given impression on the mind:
a story that rings true.

27.  ring
to telephone (usu. fol. by up) .

28. (v.t.) ring
to cause to ring; sound by striking:
to ring a bell.

29.  ring
to produce (sound) by or as if by ringing.

30.  ring
to announce by or as if by the sound of a bell:
The bell rang the hour.

31.  ring
to telephone (usu. fol. by up).

32.  ring
ring off,

33.  ring
to end a telephone conversation.

34.  ring
ring up,

35.  ring
to register (the amount of a sale) on a cash register.

36.  ring
to accomplish:
to ring up successes.

37. (n.) ring
a ringing sound:
the ring of sleigh bells.

38.  ring
a sound like that of a ringing bell:
the ring of laughter.

39.  ring
reverberation:
the ring of iron upon stone.

40.  ring
a set of bells.

41.  ring
a telephone call.

42.  ring
an act or instance of ringing a bell.

43.  ring
a characteristic sound or quality:
the ring of truth.

44.  ring
ring a bell, to evoke a memory; remind one of someone or something.

45.  ring
ring down the curtain,

46.  ring
to bring a performance or action to a close.

47.  ring
to lower or close the curtain in front of a stage.

48.  ring
ring the bell, to be outstandingly satisfactory.

49.  ring
ring the changes,

50.  ring
to ring variations on a set of bells.

51.  ring
to range through the possible variations of something.

52.  ring
ring up the curtain,

53.  ring
to start a performance or action.

54.  ring
to raise or open the curtain in front of a stage.

Etymology: (bef. 900; OE hringan, c. ON hringja)

Definition of 'ring'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ring
a characteristic sound
"it has the ring of sincerity"

2. (noun) ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring
a toroidal shape
"a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"

3. (noun) hoop, ring
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. (noun) closed chain, ring
(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

5. (noun) gang, pack, ring, mob
an association of criminals
"police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

6. (noun) ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
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. (noun) ring
a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

8. (noun) ring, band
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. (verb) band, ring
a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

10. (verb) ring, peal
sound loudly and sonorously
"the bells rang"

11. (verb) resound, echo, ring, reverberate
ring or echo with sound
"the hall resounded with laughter"

12. (verb) ring, knell
make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
"Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

13. (verb) call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
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. (verb) surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"

15. (verb) ring, band
attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
"ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

Definition of 'ring'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) ring
(of a telephone) to make a sound
The phone began to ring.

2.  ring
to make a bell produce sound, or to produce the sound of a bell
They rang the church bells to celebrate.; The doorbell rang.

3.  ring
(of a place) to be full of sound
The gym rang with the cheers of the crowd.

4.  ring
(of sb's ears) to produce a continuous loud high sound
The loud music left my ears ringing.

5.  ring
to surround
Tanks ringed the center of the city.

6. (noun) ring
a piece of jewelry you wear on your finger
a wedding ring; a diamond ring on her right hand

7.  ring
sth in the shape of an "O"
the rings of dust around Saturn; trees planted in a ring

8.  ring
the sound of a bell or an electronic sound like a bell
I answered the phone on the first ring.

9.  ring
a group involved in an organized criminal activity
a gambling ring

10.  ring
a platform surrounded by ropes in which boxers fight
The men climbed into the ring.

11.  ring
give sb a ring
to call sb on the telephone
Give me a ring tomorrow.

12.  ring
have a/the ring of sth
(of words or what sb says) to have a particular quality
The poem's words had a familiar ring.; The piece of advice had the ring of truth to it.

Definition of 'ring'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ring
a sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell

2. (noun) ring
any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated

3. (noun) ring
a chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned

4. (noun) ring
a circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop

5. (noun) ring
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

6. (noun) ring
a circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena

7. (noun) ring
an inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting

8. (noun) ring
a circular group of persons

9. (noun) ring
the plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles

10. (noun) ring
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

11. (noun) ring
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

12. (noun) ring
an elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium

13. (noun) ring
a clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc

14. (verb) ring
to cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell

15. (verb) ring
to make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound

16. (verb) ring
to repeat often, loudly, or earnestly

17. (verb) ring
to sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one

18. (verb) ring
to practice making music with bells

19. (verb) ring
to sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound

20. (verb) ring
to continue to sound or vibrate; to resound

21. (verb) ring
to be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame

22. (verb) ring
to surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle

23. (verb) ring
to make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots

24. (verb) ring
to fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout

25. (verb) ring
to rise in the air spirally

Translation of 'ring'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small circle eg of gold or silver, sometimes having a jewel set in it, worn on the finger a wedding ring; She wears a diamond ring.
Afrikaans: ring	Arabic: خاتِم	Bulgarian: пръстен
Brazilian: anel	Czech: prsten	German: der Ring
Danish: ring; -ring	Greek: δαχτυλίδι	Spanish: anillo
Estonian: sõrmus	Farsi: حلقه؛ انگشتر	Finnish: sormus
French: anneau, bague	Hebrew: טַבַּעַת	Hindi: अंगूठी
Croatian: prsten	Hungarian: gyűrű	Indonesian: cincin
Icelandic: hringur, baugur	Italian: anello	Japanese: 指輪
Korean: 반지	Lithuanian: žiedas	Latvian: gredzens
Malay: cincin	Dutch: ring	Norwegian: ring
Polish: pierścionek	Persian: حلقه؛ انگشتر	Pashto: ګړی، ګوته
Portuguese: anel	Romanian: inel	Russian: кольцо
Slovak: prsteň	Slovenian: prstan	Serbian: prsten
Swedish: ring	Thai: แหวน	Turkish: yüzük
Taiwanese: 戒指	Ukrainian: кільце; обручка	Urdu: انگوٹھی
Vietnamese: cái nhẫn	Chinese: 戒指
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