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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.
source: wordnet30 - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop(noun.object)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.
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.
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)
- 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.
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