ring
noun
1. a characteristic sound
- it has the ring of sincerity
Definition categories: attribute, sound
2. a toroidal shape
- a ring of ships in the harbor
Similar word(s): annulus, doughnut, halo
Definition categories: shape, toroid
3. a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
Similar word(s): hoop
Definition categories: man–made, band
4. (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
Definition categories: object, chain
5. an association of criminals
Similar word(s): gang, mob, pack
Definition categories: group, association
6. 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
Similar word(s): ringing, tintinnabulation
Definition categories: event, sound
7. a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
Definition categories: man–made, platform
8. jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- she had rings on every finger
Similar word(s): band
Definition categories: man–made, jewellery, jewelry
9. a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
Similar word(s): band
Definition categories: man–made, slip, strip
Sentences with ring as a noun:
- a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
- onion rings
- a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)
- a benzene ring
- The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
- The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.
- The name has a nice ring to it.
- I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.
- St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.
- The set of integers, , is the prototypical ring.
- The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set of even integers to be a ring.
verb
1. sound loudly and sonorously
Similar word(s): peal
Definition categories: perception, go, sound
2. ring or echo with sound
Similar word(s): echo, resound, reverberate
Definition categories: perception, go, sound
3. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- Ring the bells
- My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church
Similar word(s): knell
Definition categories: perception, sound
4. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Similar word(s): call, phone, telephone
Definition categories: communication, telecommunicate
5. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Similar word(s): border, environ, skirt, surround
Definition categories: contact, adjoin, meet, touch
6. attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- ring birds
Similar word(s): band
Definition categories: contact, attach
Sentences with ring as a verb:
- The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
- They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
- Only ringed hogs may forage in the commons.We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
- to ring a pig's snout
- The bells were ringing in the town.
- Whose mobile phone is ringing?
- That does not ring true.
- I will ring you when we arrive.