ring
IPA: rˈɪŋ
noun
- (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- (Britain) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- (colloquial) A telephone call.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and differences.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.
- A parish of County Waterford, Ireland.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.
- (Internet) Short for webring. [(Internet, dated) A collection of related websites which are interlinked in a circular structure, each site having links to the previous and next site in the ring.]
verb
- (transitive) To enclose or surround.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially catle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- (transitive, colloquial, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
- (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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Examples of "ring" in Sentences
- She heard a ringing sound.
- The phone rings late in the night.
- The room was full of ringing sound.
- In the middle of the night, the phone rings.
- She awakens in the hospital as the phone rings.
- In the middle of the night, the phone started to ring.
- Nathan calls the ring girl models to advise them of the itinerary.
- Emulation of the ring modulation between the sound channels is not solved.
- Severely wounded, she clambers up the stairs when the phone begins to ring.
- Lord Kismet is the leader of the online group called Kismet, Ring of Destiny.
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