RING

Ring ( n. ) - A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

Ring ( n. ) - A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.

Ring ( n. ) - A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.

Ring ( n. ) - A circular group of persons.

Ring ( n. ) - A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.

Ring ( n. ) - A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.

Ring ( n. ) - An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.

Ring ( n. ) - An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.

Ring ( n. ) - 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.

Ring ( n. ) - Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.

Ring ( n. ) - 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.

Ring ( n. ) - The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.

Ring ( n. ) - 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.

Ring ( v. i. ) - To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.

Ring ( v. i. ) - To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.

Ring ( v. i. ) - To practice making music with bells.

Ring ( v. i. ) - To rise in the air spirally.

Ring ( v. i. ) - To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.

Ring ( v. i. ) - To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.

Ring ( v. t. ) - To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

Ring ( v. t. ) - To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.

Ring ( v. t. ) - To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.

Ring ( v. t. ) - To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.

Ring ( v. t. ) - To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

Ring ( v. t. ) - To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.