ring
ring
rÉĒng
ring
/rÉĒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ring"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ, āϰāĻŋāĻ‚

a small, round band of metal such as gold, silver, etc. that we wear on our finger, and is often decorated with precious stones
ring definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My grandmother passed down her gold wedding ring to me.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰāĻŽāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āφāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀ āύ⧇āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚

an association of criminals
ring definition and meaning
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āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

a characteristic sound
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āϰāĻŋāĻ‚, āφāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ

a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
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āϰāĻŋāĻ‚, āφāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ

a toroidal shape
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āϰāĻŋāĻ‚, āφāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
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āϰāĻŋāĻ‚, āĻŽāĻ˛ā§āϞāϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžā§āϚ

a platform surrounded with ropes on which boxing and wrestling competitions take place
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āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ, āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

the clear, resonant noise produced when a bell is struck
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She woke up to the gentle ring of her alarm clock.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻ•ā§āϰ, āϰāĻŋāĻ‚

(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
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āϰāĻŋāĻ‚, āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ

a circular object or shape
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Olympic Games logo consists of five interlocking rings.
āĻ…āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧇āĻŽāϏ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ—ā§‹ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to produce a clear and distinct sound that can be heard at a distance
Intransitive
to ring definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The doorbell rang, announcing the arrival of visitors.
āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāϞ, āφāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ—āĻŽāύ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to make a phone call to someone
Dialectbritish flagBritish
callamerican flagAmerican
Transitive: to ring sb
to ring definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He rings his colleague to discuss the project.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϘāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āĻˇā§āϟāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to form a circular shape around something
Transitive: to ring sb/sth
to ring definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mountain range rings the valley, creating a stunning landscape.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āϘāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϛ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϗ⧁āĻžā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to echo or vibrate with a continuous, resonating sound
Intransitive: to ring with a sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The forest rang with the sounds of birdsong at dawn.
āĻ­ā§‹āϰāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāύ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to cause bells to produce sound by striking them or activating them
Transitive: to ring a bell
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He rang the bells at dawn to awaken the village.
āϏ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϰāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϤ⧇ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋, āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋

to attach a ring, often for the purpose of identification, such as to an animal, key, or object
Transitive: to ring an animal or object
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The jeweler rang the key with a small tag for inventory purposes.
āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āχāύāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϰāĻŋ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āϏāĻš āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

ringlet
ringlike
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