ALL meanings of ring
ring
R r - noun ring a sound produced by or suggestive of a bell 0
- noun ring any resonant or metallic sound, esp one sustained or re-echoed 0
- noun ring a telephone call 0
- noun ring the complete set of bells in a tower or belfry 0
- noun ring an inherent quality or characteristic 0
- noun ring the damped oscillatory wave produced by a circuit that rings 0
- intransitive verb ring to give forth a clear, resonant sound when struck or otherwise caused to vibrate, as a bell 0
- intransitive verb ring to produce, as by sounding, a specified impression on the hearer 0
- intransitive verb ring to cause a bell or bells to sound, esp. as a summons 0
- intransitive verb ring to sound loudly or be full of sound; be resonant; resound 0
- intransitive verb ring to have a sensation as of ringing, humming, etc. 0
- verb transitive ring to cause (a bell, etc.) to ring 0
- verb transitive ring to sound (a peal, knell, etc.) by or as by ringing a bell or bells 0
- verb transitive ring to signal, proclaim, announce, summon, etc. by or as by ringing 0
- verb transitive ring to test (coins, etc.) by the sound produced in striking on something hard 0
- verb transitive ring to call by telephone 0
- verb transitive ring to substitute (originally a racehorse) fraudulently 0
- noun ring the sound of a bell 0
- noun ring any similar sound 0
- noun ring any loud sound, esp. when repeated, continued, or reverberated 0
- noun ring the characteristic sound or impression (of some feeling) 0
- noun ring a set of bells 0
- noun ring the act of ringing a bell, etc. 0
- noun ring a small, circular band of metal, etc., esp. of precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament or a symbol of betrothal, marriage, etc. 0
- noun ring any similar band, as of metal, plastic, etc., used for some special purpose 0
- noun ring a circular line, mark, or figure 0
- noun ring the outer edge or border of something circular; rim, as of a wheel 0
- noun ring a circular cut made, or a circle of bark cut from, around the trunk or a branch of a tree 0
- noun ring annual ring 0
- noun ring any of the turns in a helix or spiral 0
- noun ring a circular course, as in dancing 0
- noun ring a number of people or things grouped in a circle 0
- noun ring a group of people working together to advance their own interests, esp. by questionable or illegal manipulation and control, as in business, politics, etc. 0
- noun ring an enclosed area, often circular, for contests, exhibitions, etc. 0
- noun ring an enclosure, now usually a square, canvas-covered area set off by stakes and ropes, in which boxing and wrestling matches are held 0
- noun ring the sport or profession of boxing; prizefighting 0
- noun ring two wooden rings suspended from a ceiling, used for acrobatic feats and routines 0
- noun ring a competitive event in which the rings are used 0
- noun ring a contest or competition, esp. a political one, as in throw one's hat into the ring 0
- noun ring a flat, thin, reflective band of orbiting particles, probably ice crystals and dust, encircling a planet, as Saturn or Uranus, along its equatorial plane at altitudes below the Roche limit 0
- noun ring closed chain 0
- noun ring the space between two concentric circles 0
- noun ring a set of elements that has two operations, addition and multiplication, and the properties of being a commutative group under addition, of being closed and associative under multiplication and addition, and in which multiplication is distributive over addition 0
- verb transitive ring to surround or encircle with or as with a ring 0
- verb transitive ring to form into a ring or rings 0
- verb transitive ring to furnish with a ring or rings 0
- verb transitive ring to put a ring through the nose of (an animal), as to prevent rooting or fighting 0
- verb transitive ring to circle about and so hem in (animals) 0
- verb transitive ring in some games, to toss a ring, horseshoe, quoit, etc. so that it encircles (a peg) 0
- verb transitive ring to girdle (a tree) 0