ring

Meaning

Noun

1. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
3. (UK, physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
4. (UK, physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
5. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
6. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
7. (physical, vulgar) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
8. (historical, physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
9. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
10. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
11. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
12. (British, physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
13. A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
14. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of webring.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
18. A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
19. A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
20. A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
21. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
22. A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
23. Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
24. The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
25. 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. (transitive) To enclose or surround.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
3. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
4. (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
5. To rise in the air spirally.
6. (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
7. (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.

Verb

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

Synonyms

circle

⭕

sound

🔉

jingle

hoop

resound

peal

tinkle

clang

call

telephone

☎️

band

phone

☎️

chime

toll

loop

➿

clink

echo

ringing

strike

arena

gang

round

call up

buzz

reverberate

give a ring

surround

rattle

wheel

🛞

knell

bell

🔔

encircle

play

annulus

torus

ding

resonate

ting

coil

link

🔗

clank

tone

jangle

rumble

hem in

skirt

group

globe

halo

girdle

Translations

anneau

💍

Ring

💍

bague

💍

anillo

💍

anello

💍

anel

💍

sonner

🔉

ring

💍

suonare

cercle

⭕

bellen

💍

sonar

🔉

läuten

💍

klingeln

💍

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ryng

Inherited from Old English: hring

Cognate with Western Frisian: ring

Cognate with Low German: Ring

Cognate with Dutch: ring

Cognate with German: Ring

Cognate with Swedish: ring

Cognate with Finnish: rengas

Cognate with Dutch: ringen

Cognate with Swedish: ringa

In summary

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, as well as indirectly range.
Cognates
* West Frisian ring
* Low German Ring
* Dutch ring
* German Ring
* Swedish ring
* Finnish rengas
More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)).

Sentences

No one near the remote machine you could ring ?