ring
noun
[ rɪŋ ]
• a small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority.
• "a diamond ring"
• a ring-shaped or circular object.
• "an inflatable rubber ring"
• an enclosed space, surrounded by seating for spectators, in which a sport, performance, or show takes place.
• "a circus ring"
• a group of people engaged in a shared enterprise, especially one involving illegal or unscrupulous activity.
• "the police had been investigating the drug ring"
Similar:
gang,
syndicate,
cartel,
mob,
band,
organization,
confederation,
confederacy,
federation,
union,
association,
circle,
society,
combine,
consortium,
alliance,
league,
cabal,
cell,
coterie,
crew,
junta,
• a number of atoms bonded together to form a closed loop in a molecule.
• "a benzene ring"
• a set of elements with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, the second being distributive over the first and associative.
ring
verb
• surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment.
• "the courthouse was ringed with police"
Similar:
circle,
encircle,
circumscribe,
encompass,
loop,
gird,
girdle,
enclose,
surround,
embrace,
form a ring round,
go around,
hem in,
fence in,
confine,
seal off,
• put an aluminium strip round the leg of (a bird) for subsequent identification.
• "only a small proportion of warblers are caught and ringed"
• fraudulently change the identity of (a motor vehicle), typically by changing its registration plate.
• "there may be an organization which has ringed the stolen car to be resold"
• short for ringbark.
Origin:
Old English hring, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ring, German Ring, also to the noun rank1.
ring
verb
• make a clear resonant or vibrating sound.
• "a bell rang loudly"
Similar:
chime,
ring out,
chime out,
toll,
peal,
knell,
sound,
clang,
bong,
clink,
ding,
jingle,
tinkle,
• call by telephone.
• "I rang her this morning"
Similar:
telephone,
phone,
call,
call up,
give someone a ring,
give someone a call,
get someone on the phone,
get on the phone to,
get,
reach,
dial,
make/place a call (to),
ring up,
buzz,
give someone a buzz,
bell,
give someone a bell,
give someone a tinkle,
get on the blower to,
get someone on the horn,
• (of a person's ears) be filled with a continuous buzzing or humming sound, especially as the after-effect of a blow or loud noise.
• "he yelled so loudly that my eardrums rang"
ring
noun
• an act of ringing a bell, or the resonant sound caused by this.
• "there was a ring at the door"
Similar:
ringing,
chime,
carillon,
toll,
tolling,
peal,
knell,
sound,
sounding,
clang,
clanging,
clink,
clinking,
ding,
dinging,
jingle,
jingling,
tinkle,
tinkling,
tocsin,
tintinnabulation,
• a particular quality conveyed by something heard or expressed.
• "the song had a curious ring of nostalgia to it"
Origin:
Old English hringan, of Germanic origin, perhaps imitative.
