ring

Nouns

  • (n) a characteristic sound
    • it has the ring of sincerity
  • (n) a toroidal shape
    • a ring of ships in the harbor
    • a halo of smoke
    anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo,
  • (n) a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
    • there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse
    hoop,
  • (n) (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop closed chain,
  • (n) an association of criminals
    • police tried to break up the gang
    • a pack of thieves
    gang, mob, pack,
  • (n) the sound of a bell ringing
    • 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"--E. A. Poe
    ringing, tintinnabulation,
  • (n) a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
  • (n) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
    • she had rings on every finger
    • he noted that she wore a wedding band
    band,
  • (n) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) band,

Verbs

  • (v) sound loudly and sonorously
    • the bells rang
    peal,
  • (v) ring or echo with sound
    • the hall resounded with laughter
    resound, reverberate, echo,
  • (v) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
    • Ring the bells
    • My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church
    knell,
  • (v) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
    • I tried to call you all night
    • Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
    phone, telephone, call up, call,
  • (v) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    • The forest surrounds my property
    border, environ, surround, skirt,
  • (v) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
    • ring birds
    • band the geese to observe their migratory patterns
    band,

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

open chain

See also

ring out

Words of close approximity

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