ring

Meanings

• a characteristic sound
  • "it has the ring of sincerity"
• a toroidal shape
  • "a ring of ships in the harbor"
• a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
• (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
• an association of criminals
• the sound of a bell ringing; ; ; --E. A. Poe
  • "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"
• a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
  • "she had rings on every finger"
• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
• sound loudly and sonorously
• ring or echo with sound
• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
  • "Ring the bells"
  • "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
  • "ring birds"

Synonyms

anchor ring, annulus, band, border, call, call up, closed chain, doughnut, echo, environ, gang, halo, hoop, knell, mob, pack, peal, phone, resound, reverberate, ringing, skirt, surround, telephone, tintinnabulation