Definition of Ring

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Definition of Ring

Ring

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.

To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.

To practice making music with bells.

To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.

To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.

To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.

A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.

Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.

A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.

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.

A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.

An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.

A circular group of persons.

The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.

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.

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.

An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.

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

To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.

To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.

To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.

To rise in the air spirally.

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Ring Quotations

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
John F. Kennedy

I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course.
Groucho Marx

It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor's finger.
Andy Warhol

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.
Erma Bombeck

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.
Robert Frost

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Mae West

I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.
Ernest Hemingway

Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.
John Steinbeck

I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.
Mike Tyson

Ring Translations

ring in Danish is ringe
ring in Dutch is wal, beugel, ring
ring in Finnish is rengas, soida
ring in French is cerne, ring, anneau, tinter
ring in Italian is circolo, sonare il campanello, anello, campanello
ring in Latin is orbis
ring in Norwegian is ring
ring in Portuguese is anel
ring in Spanish is anillo

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