Dictionary Definition
ring
Noun
1 a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of
sincerity"
2 a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the
harbor"; "a halo of smoke" [syn: halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor
ring]
3 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" [syn:
hoop]
4 (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that
forms a closed loop [syn: closed
chain] [ant: open
chain]
5 an association of criminals; "police tried to
break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, mob]
6 the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive
ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the
tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the ringing and
the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ringing, tintinnabulation]
7 a square platform marked off by ropes in which
contestants box or wrestle
8 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" [syn:
band]
9 a strip of material attached to the leg of a
bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn:
band]
Verb
1 sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"
[syn: peal]
3 make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of
musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday
at the local church" [syn: knell]
4 be around; "Developments surround the town";
"The river encircles the village" [syn: surround, environ, encircle, circle, round]
5 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" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone]
6 attach a ring to the foot of, in order to
identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory
patterns" [syn: band]
[also: rung, rang]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Ring
English
The mathematics sense was introduced by
mathematician David
Hilbert in 1892, a contraction of the German Zahlring.
(Reference: Harvey Cohn, Advanced Number Theory, page 49.)
Noun
- A circumscribing object (looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring, etc.)
- A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger.
- A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- A place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring.
- A circular arena where circus acts take place, a circus ring.
- A group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a Crime ring.
- An algebraic
structure which is a
group under addition and a monoid under multiplication.
- The set of integers, \mathbb, is the prototypical ring.
- A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
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- 1866: The ring is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.
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Translations
a round piece of (precious) metal worn around
the finger
- Albanian: unazë
- Arabic:
- Breton: bizou
- Catalan: anell
- Chinese: 戒指 (jièzhǐ)
- Croatian: prsten
- Czech: prsten
- Dutch: ring
- Erzya: суркс (surks)
- Esperanto: ringo
- Finnish: sormus
- French: anneau, bague
- German: Ring
- Hungarian: gyűrű
- Italian: anello
- Japanese: 指輪
- Korean: 가락지 (garagji), 반지 (半指, banji)
- Kurdish: ,
- Latin: anulus
- Latvian: gredzens
- Maltese: ċurkett
- Norwegian: ring
- Polish: pierścionek (with stone), obrączka (without stone)
- Portuguese: anel
- Romanian: inel
- Russian: кольцо (kol’tsó) , перстень (p'érst'en')
- Scottish Gaelic: fàinne
- Slovak: prsteň , obrúčka (wedding ring)
- Slovene: prstan
- Spanish: anillo
- Swedish: ring
- Telugu: ఉంగరం (uMgaraM)
- Turkish: yüzük
a round piece of metal
a place where some sports take place
an arena where circus acts take place
a group of people
- Finnish: rinki
- German: Ring
- Japanese: 一味
- Polish: klika
- Russian: клика (klíka)
algebra: an algebraic structure
geometry: a planar geometrical figure
astronomy: a formation of various pieces of
material orbiting around a planet
an old English measure of corn
See also
Verb
- To surround or
enclose.
- The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
- To cut a ring around.
- They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
- To attach a ring to.
- Only ringed hogs may forage in the commons.
to surround or enclose
- Japanese: 囲む
Etymology 2
Verb is from Old English hringan.Noun
Translations
the resonant sound of a bell, or a sound
resembling it
- Japanese: 響き
a pleasant or correct sound
- Japanese: 響き
a telephone call
- Japanese: 電話
Verb
- intransitive figurative To produce the
sound of a bell or a
similar sound.
- Whose mobile phone is ringing?
- transitive figurative To make a
(church) bell produce sound.
- The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
- intransitive figurative Of something
spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- That does not ring true.
- To telephone someone.
- I will ring you when we arrive.
Translations
to produce the sound of a bell or a similar
sound
- Arabic:
- Catalan: dringar, trucar (only door-bell)
- Chinese: 按鈴 (ànlíng)
- Czech: zvonit
- Dutch: bellen, klinken
- Finnish: soida
- French: sonner
- German: läuten, klingeln
- Hungarian: csenget
- Italian: suonare
- Japanese: 鳴る
- Korean: 울리다 (ullida)
- Norwegian: ringe
- Polish: dzwonić
- Portuguese: tocar
- Romanian: suna
- Russian: звонить (zvonít’)
- Slovak: zvoniť
- Spanish: sonar
- Swedish: ringa
to make a (church) bell produce sound
of something spoken or written, to appear to be,
to seem, to sound
- German: klingen
- Japanese: 聞こえる
- Russian: звучать (zvučát’)
- Swedish: låta
to telephone someone
- ttbc Breton: seniñ
- ttbc Esperanto: sonori
- ttbc Indonesian: bel berbunyi, membunyikan bel
- ttbc Latin: tintinare
Balinese
Preposition
ringCroatian
Etymology
From ring.Noun
hr-noun m- ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar)
Dutch
Noun
de ring (plural: ringen)Hungarian
Verb
ring- to sway
Norwegian
Noun
ringOld High German
Etymology
Common Germanic *hrengazNoun
ringSwedish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
ring- ring; a circular piece of material
- ring; the place where sports such as boxing takes place
- ring; an algebraic structure
- ring; a planar geometrical figure
- ring; a collection of material orbiting some planets
- one of the (usually three) years in the gymnasium
school
- Ann började nyss andra ring = Ann recently began her second year at the gymnasium.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
- imperative form of ringa
Extensive Definition
Ring may refer to:
Jewelry
Sound
- Ring, to strike a bell (instrument)
- Tinnitus, a persistent ringing in the ears
- Ringtone, the action a telephone performs when it is triggered by an incoming call
Science and engineering
- Planetary ring, a flat disc-shaped ring of matter orbiting a planet
- Ring circuit, electrical wiring technique
- Piston ring, an automotive part, an open-ended ring that fits into a groove on the outer diameter of a piston
- Cyclic compound, a series of carbon atoms connected in the form of a loop or ring.
- Ring armature, in electric motors such as on a Gramme machine
Medical
- Internal abdominal ring (annulus inguinalis abdominis; internal or deep abdominal ring): situated in the transversalis fascia, midway between the anterior superior iliac spine and the symphysis pubis
- Femoral ring, the base of the femoral canal
- Vascular ring a congenital defect in which there is an abnormal formation of the aorta and/or its surrounding blood vessels
Computing
- Ring (computer security), a layer of protection in computer systems
- Token ring, a networking technology
Entertainment
- Ring (computer game) (1999), a video game based loosely on Richard Wagner's opera
- Juggling rings
- Sonic the Hedgehog (series) Rings
- Minor power objects in Sonic the Hedgehog
Sports
- Boxing ring, the space in which a boxing match occurs
- Ring Magazine, a boxing magazine
- Wrestling ring
- RINGS, a Japanese professional wrestling promotion
- Flying Rings a gymnastic event or device
- Rings (gymnastics), an artistic gymnastics apparatus traditionally used by male gymnasts
Films
- The Rings, or Zangha (1985), an Iranian horror film
- Ring
(film), or Ringu (1998), a Japanese horror film based on the
Suzuki novel
- Ring 2, the 1999 Japanese film sequel
- The
Ring (film) (2002), an American adaptation of the Japanese film
- The Ring Two, the American film sequel
- Rings (short film) a 2005 American horror short film by Jonathan Liebesman
Fiction
- Ring (Suzuki novel) (1991), by Koju Suzuki
- Ring (Baxter novel) (1994), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
- Rings (1999), an omnibus edition of four novels by science-fiction author Charles L. Harness
Music
- Ring cycle, series of Operas by Wagner.
- Ring (song) (2000), a single by Japanese duo B'z
- Ring (album) (1993), an album by the American band The Connells
Organizations
- Rings (local IBM clubs), local organizations affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Magicians
- Grasshopper Scouts ring, the whole unit of a Grasshopper Scouts organization in Hong Kong Scouting
Miscellaneous
- Ring, County Waterford, a village in the Republic of Ireland
- Ring (diacritic), as in "Åmål"
- Canal ring, a circular canal route
- Ring road, or Beltway, a highway around a city
- Ring, the Latin word and British slang term for anus
- Six pack rings plastic rings that are used in shipping and packaging of beverages
Geography
- Ring Mountain, a volcanic peak in British Columbia, Canada
See also
ring in Bosnian: Prsten (čvor)
ring in Chuvash: Ункă
ring in Danish: Ring
ring in German: Ring
ring in Spanish: Anillo
ring in Esperanto: Ringo
ring in French: Anneau
ring in Korean: 링
ring in Croatian: Prsten
ring in Italian: Anello
ring in Hebrew: טבעת (פירושונים)
ring in Lombard: Anell
ring in Hungarian: Gyűrű
ring in Dutch: Ring
ring in Japanese: リング
ring in Norwegian: Ring
ring in Norwegian Nynorsk: Ring
ring in Low German: Ring
ring in Polish: Pierścień
ring in Portuguese: Anel
ring in Quechua: Siwi
ring in Russian: Кольцо
ring in Serbian: Прстен
ring in Swedish: Ring
ring in Thai: ริง
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Bund,
Chinese boxing, DDD, Kekule
formula, O, Rochdale
cooperative, affiliation, agora, alliance, amphitheater, anklet, annular muscle, annulet, annulus, anthelion, antisun, arena, areola, armlet, armory, assemblage, association, athletic field,
atomic cluster, auditorium, aura, aureole, awake the dead,
axis, background, badge, badge of office, badges, band, bandeau, bangle, baton, beads, bear garden, bearing, begird, bell, belt, belt in, benzene ring,
bijou, bilge, bind, blain, blast, blast the ear, blazonry, bleb, blister, blob, bloc, body, bong, boom, border, boss, bout, bow, bowl, boxing, boxing match, boxing
ring, bracelet,
branched chain, brassard, breastpin, brooch, brotherhood, bubble, bulb, bulge, bull ring, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, busy signal, button, buzz, cabal, cadre, cahot, call, call up, camarilla, camp, campus, canvas, cap and gown, cartel, cell, cestus, chain, chain of office, change
ringing, chaplet,
charm, charmed circle,
chatelaine, chime, chiming, chine, chink, cincture, cingulum, circle, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, clan, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, class ring, clink, clinking, clique, close fighting, closed
chain, closed circle, clump, coalition, cockade, cockpit, coliseum, collar, collarband, college, colosseum, combination, combine, common market, compass, compound radical,
condyle, confederacy, confederation, consumer
cooperative, convex,
cooperative,
cooperative society, corona, coronet, corps, coterie, council, countersun, course, crash, credit union, crescendo, crew, crook, crosier, cross, crowd, crown, cuff, customs union, cycle, deafen, decoration, diadem, dial, dial tone, din, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, direct distance dialing,
discus, disk, dong, donging, dowel, dress, eagle, ear, earring, echo, echoing, ecliptic, economic community,
elite, elite group,
emblems, embrace, encincture, encircle, enclosure, encompass, engird, ensigns, ensphere, envelop, equator, eternal return,
eye, eyelet, faction, fairy ring, fasces, fascia, federation, field, fighting, figurehead, fill the air,
fillet, finger ring,
fisticuffs, flange, flap, fleur-de-lis, floor, fob, forum, fraternity, free trade area,
gall, gang, garland, gem, gird, girdle, girt, girth, give a ring, gland, glory, gnarl, gong, great circle, grommet, ground, group, grouping, guild, gym, gymnasium, hall, halo, hammer and sickle, handle, hang up, hem, heraldry, heterocycle, hill, hippodrome, hold the phone,
homocycle, hoop, hump, hunch, infighting, ingroup, inner circle, insignia, jangle, jangling, jewel, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, jog, joggle, junta, junto, keys, knell, knelling, knob, knoll, knot, knur, knurl, lapel pin, lasso, lattice, league, lip, listen in, lists, livery, local call, locale, locket, logical circle, long
distance, long-distance call, loop, looplet, lump, lunar corona, lunar halo,
mace, machine, magic circle, make a
call, mantle, marketplace, markings, mat, medal, milieu, miter, mob, mobile call, mock moon, mock
sun, mole, molecule, mountain, neckband, necklace, nevus, nimbus, noose, nose ring, nub, nubbin, nubble, old school tie, open
forum, orbit, organization, outfit, pack, palaestra, pallium, papilloma, parade ground,
paraselene, parhelic
circle, parhelion,
partnership,
party, pastoral staff,
peal, peal ringing,
pealing, peg, person-to-person call, phone, phone call, pin, pit, place, platform, political machine,
precinct, precious
stone, prize ring, prizefight, prizefighting, public
square, pugilism,
purlieu, quoit, radical, radius, rainbow, range, rattle the windows, red
hat, regalia, rend the
air, rend the ears, resonate, resonating, resound, reverberate, reverberating, reverberation, rhinestone, rib, ridge, ring changes, ring off,
ring up, ringing,
ringlet, rink, rise, rock the sky, rondelle, rose, round, roundel, roundlet, saucer, savate, scene, scene of action, scenery, school ring, secret
society, set, setting, shadowboxing, shamrock, shoulder, side chain, sigillography, simple
radical, sisterhood,
site, skull and crossbones,
society, solar corona,
solar halo, sorority,
sound, sound a knell,
sounding,
space-lattice, spar,
sphere, sphincter, sphragistics, spine, split the eardrums, split
the ears, squared circle, stadium, staff, stage, stage set, stage setting,
staple, startle the
echoes, station-to-station call, stickpin, stone, straight chain, stud, stun, style, sun dog, surge, surround, swastika, swell, tab, tartan, team, telephone, telephone call,
terrain, the clinches,
the fights, the ring, theater, thistle, thunder, tiara, tie, tilting ground, tiltyard, tin, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, toll call, tolling, torque, triple crown, tubercle, tubercule, twine around,
uniform, union, verge, verruca, vesicle, vicious circle,
wale, walk, wampum, wand, wart, washer, we-group, welt, wheel, wreath, wreathe, wreathe around,
wrestling ring, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone