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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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: ring, halo, annulus, 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,
       ring]
    4: (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a
       closed loop [syn: closed chain, ring] [ant: open chain]
    5: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the
       gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring,
       mob]
    6: 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 [syn: ring,
       ringing, tintinnabulation]
    7: a platform usually 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:
       ring, band]
    9: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify
       it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: band, ring]
    v 1: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring,
         peal]
    2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
       [syn: resound, echo, ring, 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: ring, knell]
    4: 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, ring]
    5: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
       surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring,
       skirt, border]
    6: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring
       birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
       [syn: ring, band]

2. 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.
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            Now ringen trompes loud and clarion.  --Chaucer.
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            Why ring not out the bells?           --Shak.
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   2. To practice making music with bells. --Holder.
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   3. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or
      reverberating sound.
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            With sweeter notes each rising temple rung. --Pope.
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            The hall with harp and carol rang.    --Tennyson.
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            My ears still ring with noise.        --Dryden.
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   4. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
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            The assertion is still ringing in our ears. --Burke.
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   5. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings
      with his fame.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung
   (r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS.
   hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
   ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]
   1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
      body; as, to ring a bell.
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   2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
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            The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
            Hath rung night's yawning peal.       --Shak.
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   3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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   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.
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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.
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   2. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound
      continued, repeated, or reverberated.
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            The ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. --Bacon
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   3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
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            As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the
            world.                                --Fuller.
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5. 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.
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   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.
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            Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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            The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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   3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
      are performed; an arena.
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            Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
            Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
                                                  Smith.
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   4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
      figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
      institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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   5. A circular group of persons.
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            And hears the Muses in a ring
            Aye round about Jove's alter sing.    --Milton.
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   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.
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   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.
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   8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
      spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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   9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
      selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
      offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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            The ruling ring at Constantinople.    --E. A.
                                                  Freeman.
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   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.
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6. 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.
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   2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to
      girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
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   3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a
      swine's snout.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ring \Ring\, v. i. (Falconry)
   To rise in the air spirally.
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8. 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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