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Ring   /rɪŋ/   Listen
Ring

noun
1.
A characteristic sound.
2.
A toroidal shape.  Synonyms: anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo.  "A halo of smoke"
3.
A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling.  Synonym: hoop.
4.
(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop.  Synonym: closed chain.
5.
An association of criminals.  Synonyms: gang, mob, pack.  "A pack of thieves"
6.
The sound of a bell ringing.  Synonyms: ringing, tintinnabulation.  "The ringing of the telephone" , "The tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"
7.
A platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle.
8.
Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger.  Synonym: band.  "He noted that she wore a wedding band"
9.
A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration).  Synonym: band.
verb
(when related to sound: past rang; past part. rung; pres. part. ringing)  (when related to circles: past & past part. ringed; pres. part. ringing)
1.
Sound loudly and sonorously.  Synonym: peal.
2.
Ring or echo with sound.  Synonyms: echo, resound, reverberate.
3.
Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification.  Synonym: knell.  "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
4.
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.  Synonyms: call, call up, phone, telephone.  "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
5.
Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.  Synonyms: border, environ, skirt, surround.
6.
Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.  Synonym: band.  "Band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"



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"Ring" Quotes from Famous Books



... in his Catalogue, when he is speaking of Angelbert. His words are these:—'Angelbert was Archbishop for thirty-five years, from A.D. 826, and out of devotion he extracted a tooth from the mouth of St. Ambrose, and placed it in his [episcopal] ring. One day the tooth fell out from the ring; and, on the Archbishop causing a thorough search to be made for it, an old woman appeared to him, saying, "You will find the tooth in the place from which you took it." On hearing this, the Archbishop betook himself to the body of St. Ambrose, ...
— Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) • John Henry Newman
... hereafter you'll know better than to mix it with somebody outa your class. You oughta known in the first place that perfect ladies have got it all over girls like us, before we start. They've got everything fixed, the judges and the referee, before you step into the ring." ...
— Winner Take All • Larry Evans
... what there remained of provisions, he made a desperate effort to break out towards the west. His columns dashed in vain against the besieger's lines; behind him his enemies pressed forward into the positions which he had abandoned; a ring of fire like that of Sedan surrounded the Turkish army; and after thousands had fallen in a hopeless conflict, the general and the troops who for five months had held in check the collected forces of the Russian Empire ...
— History of Modern Europe 1792-1878 • C. A. Fyffe
... said and done, I am one of a family. I am not a free agent. I am chained to the oar for life. When we link up with the race we have more than the little ring of our own Ego to remember. It is not, as Dinky-Dunk once pointed out to me, a good thing to get "Indianized." We have our community obligations and they must be faced. The children, undoubtedly, would have advantages in the city. And to find my family reunited would be "le ...
— The Prairie Child • Arthur Stringer
... Penhaligon. "But, blessed father of us," said one or two, "we're all here! There's no call to ring the church bell, seem' you're neither dead nor ...
— The Delectable Duchy • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


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