ring

Betekenis

Noun

1. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
3. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
4. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
5. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
6. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
7. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
8. A group of objects arranged in a circle.
9. A group of objects arranged in a circle.
10. A group of objects arranged in a circle.
11. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
12. Short for webring.
13. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
14. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
15. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
16. A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
17. A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
18. A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
19. An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
20. A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
21. Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
22. The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
23. A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.

Verb

1. To enclose or surround.
2. To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
3. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
4. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
5. To rise in the air spirally.
6. To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
7. To ride around (a group of animals, especially catle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.

Verb

1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.
4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
6. (colloquial) To telephone (someone).
7. to resound, reverberate, echo.
8. To produce music with bells.
9. To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
10. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

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Etymologie

From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink.
cognates
* West Frisian ring
* Low German Ring
* Dutch ring
* German Ring
* Swedish ring
* Finnish rengas