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Rung   /rəŋ/   Listen
verb
Ring  v. t.  (past rang; past part. rung; pres. part. ringing)  
1.
To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
2.
To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. "The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal."
3.
To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
To ring a peal, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells.
To ring the changes upon. See under Change.
To ring in or To ring out, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and ring in the new..
To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger.


Ring  v. i.  (past rang; past part. rung; pres. part. ringing)  
1.
To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one. "Now ringen trompes loud and clarion." "Why ring not out the bells?"
2.
To practice making music with bells.
3.
To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound. "With sweeter notes each rising temple rung." "The hall with harp and carol rang." "My ears still ring with noise."
4.
To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound. "The assertion is still ringing in our ears."
5.
To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.


Rung  v.  Imp. & p. p. of Ring.


noun
Rung  n.  
1.
(Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.
2.
One of the rounds of a ladder.
3.
One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
4.
(Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.





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"Rung" Quotes from Famous Books



... en' he poised his rung, then Watch'd the airt its head did fa', Whilk was east, he lapt and sung then, For there ...
— Folk Lore - Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century • James Napier
... could pipe so pretty at St. Johns, in Winnsboro. You see they was 'Piscopalians. Dere was no hard shell Baptist and no soft shell Methodist in deir make up. It was all glory, big glory, glory in de very highest rung of Jacob's ladder, wid our ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves • Works Projects Administration
... the situation without rendering it worse? Had he put his arms around her, might she not have—struck at him? Had he laid a finger-weight of sympathy on her, would it not have left a scar for life? Any words of his, would they not have rung in her ears unceasingly? To pass it over was as though it had never ...
— Bride of the Mistletoe • James Lane Allen
... conditions of one state can't be compared to the other; as Ralph S. Robinson is now, the sound of the bells, or any other loud noise means torture and agony to him, and, I am afraid, death. And I wish you would give orders to not have 'em rung in ...
— Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete • Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
... had been attacked by English troops, blood had been shed at Lexington and Concord, war was begun, a struggle for independence was at hand. Everywhere the colonists, fiery with indignation, were seizing their arms and preparing to fight for their rights. The tocsin had rung. It was time for all patriots to ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris


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