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Noun
Definition: a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"
Definition: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
Definition: 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"
Definition: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
Definition: 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
Definition: a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
Definition: 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"
Definition: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
Definition: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
Definition: A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
Definition: The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
Definition: An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
Definition: A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and differences.
Verb
Definition: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
Definition: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
Definition: 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"
Definition: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
Definition: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
Definition: To enclose or surround.
Definition: Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.