See also

• boxing ring
• circus ring

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Verb

1. To surround or enclose.

   The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.

2. To cut a ring around.

   They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.

3. To attach a ring to.

   Only ringed hogs may forage in the commons.

Etymology 2

Verb is from Old English hringan.

Noun

1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.

   The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.

   The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.

2. A pleasant or correct sound.

   The name has a nice ring to it.

3. A telephone call.

   I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.

Translations

• German: Klang
• Hungarian: csengés
• Norwegian: klang

Verb

1. intransitive figurative To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

   Whose mobile phone is ringing?

2. transitive figurative To make a (church) bell produce sound.

   The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.

3. intransitive figurative Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

   That does not ring true.

4. To telephone someone.

   I will ring you when we arrive.

Translations

• ttbc Breton: seniñ
• ttbc Esperanto: sonori
• ttbc Indonesian: bel berbunyi, membunyikan bel
• ttbc Latin: tintinare

See also

• give a ring
• ringbark
• ring off
• ringtone
• ring up
• spy ring
• unring

Balinese

Preposition

ring

1. in, at

Croatian

Etymology

From ring.

Noun

hr-noun m

1. ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar)

Dutch

Noun

de ring (plural: ringen)

1. ring

Hungarian

Verb

ring

1. to sway

Norwegian

Noun

ring

1. ring; a circular piece of material
2. ring; the place where sports such as boxing takes place

Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic *hrengaz

Noun

ring

1. ring

Swedish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ring

1. ring; a circular piece of material
2. ring; the place where sports such as boxing takes place
3. ring; an algebraic structure
4. ring; a planar geometrical figure
5. ring; a collection of material orbiting some planets
6. 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

1. imperative form of ringa

ang:ring simple:ring

wiktionarypar ring Ring may refer to:

Jewelry

• Ring (finger)
• Arm ring
• Cock ring, a sex toy
• Neck ring
• Earring and other body piercings
• Toe ring

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

Mathematics

• Ring (mathematics), an algebraic structure

Geometry

• Annulus (mathematics)
• Circle
• Torus

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

• The Ring (disambiguation)

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