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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[noun] jewelry consisting of a circular band of a precious metal worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"
[noun] a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
[noun] a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"
[noun] the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
[noun] an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
[noun] (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
[noun] a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
[verb] 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"
[verb] attach a ring to; "ring birds"
[verb] make a ringing sound
[verb] make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
[verb] ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
[verb] be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
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\Ring\, v. i. 1. To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one. Now ringen trompes loud and clarion. --Chaucer. Why ring not out the bells? --Shak. 2. To practice making music with bells. --Holder. 3. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound. With sweeter notes each rising temple rung. --Pope. The hall with harp and carol rang. --Tennyson. My ears still ring with noise. --Dryden. 4. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound. The assertion is still ringing in our ears. --Burke. 5. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.
\Ring\, n. 1. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell. 2. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated. The ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. --Bacon 3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world. --Fuller.
\Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G. ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf. Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.] A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. 2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak. 3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena. Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith. 4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. ``The road was an institution, the ring was an institution.'' --Thackeray. 5. A circular group of persons. And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton. 6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. 7. (Astron. & Navigation) 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. 8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}. 9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc. The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A. Freeman. {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}. {Ring blackbird} (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel. {Ring canal} (Zo["o]l.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms. {Ring dotterel}, or {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}. {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless. {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}. {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage. {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under {Benzene}. {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth. {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under {Micrometer}. {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}. {Ring ousel}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Ousel}. {Ring parrot} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially {Pal[ae]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and {P. Alexandri} of {Java}. {Ring plover}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover ({[AE]gialitis semipalmata}). {Ring snake} (Zo["o]l.), a small harmless American snake ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red. {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}. {Ring thrush} (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel. {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively. {The ring}.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races. [Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
\Ring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ringed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] 1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle. ``Ring these fingers.'' --Shak. 2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots. 3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
\Ring\, v. i. (Falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
Synonyms for ring
anchor ring, annulus, anulus, call, call up, circle, closed chain, doughnut, echo, encircle, environ, gang, halo, hoop, mob, pack, peal, phone, resound, reverberate, ringing, round, surround, telephone, tintinnabulation
Antonyms: open chain
See also: bear | bell ringing | bong | boxing ring | canvas | canvass | consonate | dial | ding | girt | girth | hold | key ring | mourning ring | nose ring | platform | reecho | sound | tire | wedding ring |
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Let's analyse "ring" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: GNIR. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
ring: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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