[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ring \ring\ ri^ng, v. t. imp. rang ra^ng or rung
   ru^ng; p. p. rung; p. pr.  vb. n. ringing. as.
   hringan; akin to icel. hringja, sw. ringa, dan. ringe, od.
   ringhen, ringkelen. root19.
   1. to cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
      body; as, to ring a bell.
      1913 webster

   2. to make a sound, as by ringing a bell; to sound.
      1913 webster

            the shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
            hath rung night's yawning peal.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
      1913 webster

   to ring a peal, to ring a set of changes on a chime of
      bells.

   to ring the changes upon. see under change.

   to ring in or to ring out, to usher, attend on, or
      celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the
      old year and ring in the new. --tennyson.

   to ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing
      the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or
      danger. --sir w. scott.
      1913 webster
see also:
rang rung ringing to ring a peal to ring the changes upon change 
to ring in to ring out to ring the bells backward 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ring \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.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the dearest ring in venice will i give you. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a circular area in which races are or run or other sports
      are performed; an arena.
      1913 webster

            place me, o, place me in the dusty ring,
            where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --e.
                                                  smith.
      1913 webster

   4. an inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
      figuratively, prize fighting. "the road was an
      institution, the ring was an institution." --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   5. a circular group of persons.
      1913 webster

            and hears the muses in a ring
            aye round about jove's alter sing.    --milton.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   8. bot. an elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
      spore cases of ferns. see illust. of sporangium.
      1913 webster

   9. a clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
      selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
      offices, obtain contracts, etc.
      1913 webster

            the ruling ring at constantinople.    --e. a.
                                                  freeman.
      1913 webster

   ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. see ring
      mail, below, and chain mail, under chain.

   ring blackbird zool., the ring ousel.

   ring canal zool., the circular water tube which surrounds
      the esophagus of echinoderms.

   ring dotterel, or ringed dotterel. zool. 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. zool. see ousel.

   ring parrot zool., any one of several species of old
      world parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
      especially palaeornis torquatus, common in india, and
      palaeornis alexandri of java.

   ring plover. zool.
      a the ringed dotterel.
      b any one of several small american plovers having a
          dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
          aegialitis semipalmata.

   ring snake zool., 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 zool., 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.
          1913 webster
see also:
harangue rank rink sporangium ring armor ring mail 
chain mail chain ring blackbird ring canal ring dotterel 
ringed dotterel dotterel pressiroster ring dropper ring fence 
fence ring finger ring formula benzene ring mail 
ring micrometer circular micrometer micrometer saturn's rings saturn 
ring ousel ousel ring parrot palaeornis torquatus palaeornis alexandri 
java ring plover aegialitis semipalmata ring snake diadophis punctatus 
ring stopper stopper ring thrush the prize ring the ring 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ring \ring\, v. i.
   1. to sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a
      metallic one.
      1913 webster

            now ringen trompes loud and clarion.  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            why ring not out the bells?           --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to practice making music with bells. --holder.
      1913 webster

   3. to sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or
      reverberating sound.
      1913 webster

            with sweeter notes each rising temple rung. --pope.
      1913 webster

            the hall with harp and carol rang.    --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            my ears still ring with noise.        --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
      1913 webster

            the assertion is still ringing in our ears. --burke.
      1913 webster

   5. to be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings
      with his fame.
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ring \ring\, n.
   1. a sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as,
      the ring of a bell.
      1913 webster

   2. any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound
      continued, repeated, or reverberated.
      1913 webster

            the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. --bacon
      1913 webster

   3. a chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
      1913 webster

            as great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the
            world.                                --fuller.
      1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. hort. to make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to
      girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
      1913 webster

   3. to fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a
      swine's snout.
      1913 webster
see also:
ringed ringing 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ring \ring\, v. i. falconry
   to rise in the air spirally.
   1913 webster

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ring
     n 1: a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"
     2: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo
        of smoke" syn: halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor
        ring
     3: 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"
        syn: hoop
     4: chemistry a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a
        closed loop syn: closed chain ant: open chain
     5: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the
        gang"; "a pack of thieves" syn: gang, pack, mob
     6: 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 syn: ringing,
         tintinnabulation
     7: a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants
        box or wrestle
     8: 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" syn: band
     9: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to
        identify it as in studies of bird migration syn: band
     v 1: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" syn: peal
     2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
        syn: resound, echo, reverberate
     3: make bells ring, often for the purposes of musical
        edification; "ring the bells"; "my uncle rings every
        sunday at the local church" syn: knell
     4: be around; "developments surround the town"; "the river
        encircles the village" syn: surround, environ, encircle,
         circle, round
     5: 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" syn: call, telephone,
         call up, phone
     6: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring
        birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory
        patterns" syn: band
     also: rung, rang
see also:
halo annulus anulus doughnut anchor ring hoop 
closed chain open chain gang pack mob 
ringing tintinnabulation band peal resound 
echo reverberate knell surround environ 
encircle circle round call telephone 
call up phone rung rang 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

512 moby thesaurus words for "ring":
   bund, chinese boxing, ddd, kekule formula, o, rochdale cooperative,
   affiliation, agora, alliance, amphitheater, anklet, annular muscle,
   annulet, annulus, anthelion, antisun, arena, areola, armlet,
   armory, assemblage, association, athletic field, atomic cluster,
   auditorium, aura, aureole, awake the dead, axis, background, badge,
   badge of office, badges, band, bandeau, bangle, baton, beads,
   bear garden, bearing, begird, bell, belt, belt in, benzene ring,
   bijou, bilge, bind, blain, blast, blast the ear, blazonry, bleb,
   blister, blob, bloc, body, bong, boom, border, boss, bout, bow,
   bowl, boxing, boxing match, boxing ring, bracelet, branched chain,
   brassard, breastpin, brooch, brotherhood, bubble, bulb, bulge,
   bull ring, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, busy signal, button, buzz,
   cabal, cadre, cahot, call, call up, camarilla, camp, campus,
   canvas, cap and gown, cartel, cell, cestus, chain, chain of office,
   change ringing, chaplet, charm, charmed circle, chatelaine, chime,
   chiming, chine, chink, cincture, cingulum, circle, circlet,
   circuit, circumference, circus, clan, clang, clanging, clangor,
   clank, clanking, class ring, clink, clinking, clique,
   close fighting, closed chain, closed circle, clump, coalition,
   cockade, cockpit, coliseum, collar, collarband, college, colosseum,
   combination, combine, common market, compass, compound radical,
   condyle, confederacy, confederation, consumer cooperative, convex,
   cooperative, cooperative society, corona, coronet, corps, coterie,
   council, countersun, course, crash, credit union, crescendo, crew,
   crook, crosier, cross, crowd, crown, cuff, customs union, cycle,
   deafen, decoration, diadem, dial, dial tone, din, ding,
   ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, direct distance dialing,
   discus, disk, dong, donging, dowel, dress, eagle, ear, earring,
   echo, echoing, ecliptic, economic community, elite, elite group,
   emblems, embrace, encincture, encircle, enclosure, encompass,
   engird, ensigns, ensphere, envelop, equator, eternal return, eye,
   eyelet, faction, fairy ring, fasces, fascia, federation, field,
   fighting, figurehead, fill the air, fillet, finger ring,
   fisticuffs, flange, flap, fleur-de-lis, floor, fob, forum,
   fraternity, free trade area, gall, gang, garland, gem, gird,
   girdle, girt, girth, give a ring, gland, glory, gnarl, gong,
   great circle, grommet, ground, group, grouping, guild, gym,
   gymnasium, hall, halo, hammer and sickle, handle, hang up, hem,
   heraldry, heterocycle, hill, hippodrome, hold the phone, homocycle,
   hoop, hump, hunch, infighting, ingroup, inner circle, insignia,
   jangle, jangling, jewel, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle,
   jingling, jog, joggle, junta, junto, keys, knell, knelling, knob,
   knoll, knot, knur, knurl, lapel pin, lasso, lattice, league, lip,
   listen in, lists, livery, local call, locale, locket,
   logical circle, long distance, long-distance call, loop, looplet,
   lump, lunar corona, lunar halo, mace, machine, magic circle,
   make a call, mantle, marketplace, markings, mat, medal, milieu,
   miter, mob, mobile call, mock moon, mock sun, mole, molecule,
   mountain, neckband, necklace, nevus, nimbus, noose, nose ring, nub,
   nubbin, nubble, old school tie, open forum, orbit, organization,
   outfit, pack, palaestra, pallium, papilloma, parade ground,
   paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion, partnership, party,
   pastoral staff, peal, peal ringing, pealing, peg,
   person-to-person call, phone, phone call, pin, pit, place,
   platform, political machine, precinct, precious stone, prize ring,
   prizefight, prizefighting, public square, pugilism, purlieu, quoit,
   radical, radius, rainbow, range, rattle the windows, red hat,
   regalia, rend the air, rend the ears, resonate, resonating,
   resound, reverberate, reverberating, reverberation, rhinestone,
   rib, ridge, ring changes, ring off, ring up, ringing, ringlet,
   rink, rise, rock the sky, rondelle, rose, round, roundel, roundlet,
   saucer, savate, scene, scene of action, scenery, school ring,
   secret society, set, setting, shadowboxing, shamrock, shoulder,
   side chain, sigillography, simple radical, sisterhood, site,
   skull and crossbones, society, solar corona, solar halo, sorority,
   sound, sound a knell, sounding, space-lattice, spar, sphere,
   sphincter, sphragistics, spine, split the eardrums, split the ears,
   squared circle, stadium, staff, stage, stage set, stage setting,
   staple, startle the echoes, station-to-station call, stickpin,
   stone, straight chain, stud, stun, style, sun dog, surge, surround,
   swastika, swell, tab, tartan, team, telephone, telephone call,
   terrain, the clinches, the fights, the ring, theater, thistle,
   thunder, tiara, tie, tilting ground, tiltyard, tin, ting,
   ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus,
   tintinnabulate, toll, toll call, tolling, torque, triple crown,
   tubercle, tubercule, twine around, uniform, union, verge, verruca,
   vesicle, vicious circle, wale, walk, wampum, wand, wart, washer,
   we-group, welt, wheel, wreath, wreathe, wreathe around,
   wrestling ring, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone

[9] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

ring
   used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and
   also the ears and the nose. rings were used as a signet gen.
   38:18. they were given as a token of investment with authority
   gen. 41:42; esther 3:8-10; 8:2, and of favour and dignity
   luke 15:22. they were generally worn by rich men james 2:2.
   they are mentioned by isiah 3:21 among the adornments of
   hebrew women.
   

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