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ring
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noun (n)

  • a characteristic sound(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    It has the ring of sincerity.
    source: wordnet30
  • a toroidal shape(noun.shape)
    Example:
    A ring of ships in the harbor.
    Synonym:
    anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo
    source: wordnet30
  • a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    hoop
    source: wordnet30
  • (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    closed chain
    Antonym:
    open chain
    source: wordnet30
  • an association of criminals(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    gang, mob, pack
    source: wordnet30
  • the sound of a bell ringing(noun.event)
    Example:
    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.
    Synonym:
    ringing, tintinnabulation
    source: wordnet30
  • a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    She had rings on every finger.
    Synonym:
    band
    source: wordnet30
  • a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • sound loudly and sonorously(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    peal
    source: wordnet30
  • ring or echo with sound(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    echo, resound, reverberate
    source: wordnet30
  • make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification(verb.perception)
    Example:
    Ring the bells.
    My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church.
    Synonym:
    knell
    source: wordnet30
  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    call, call up, phone, telephone
    source: wordnet30
  • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    border, environ, skirt, surround
    source: wordnet30
  • attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Ring birds.
    source: wordnet30
  • To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To rise in the air spirally.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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