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Words related to ring

Related / Similar Words: band, hoop, ringing, tintinnabulation, gang, pack, mob, closed chain, halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor ring, call, telephone, call up, phone, peal, knell, resound, echo, reverberate, surround, environ, encircle, circle, round

Definition:

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration);

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";

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";

a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle;

a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity";

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;

an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves";

(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop;

a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke";

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";

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns";

sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang";

make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church";

ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter";

be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village";

See Also: ring out

Hyponyms: carabiner, karabiner, snap ring, curtain ring, key ring, napkin ring, nose ring, rim, tire, tyre, towel ring, annulet, engagement ring, mourning ring, ringlet, signet ring, seal ring, wedding ring, wedding band, boxing ring, prize ring, wrestling ring, bell ringing, nest, youth gang, heterocyclic ring, heterocycle, fairy ring, fairy circle, cell phone, call in, ding, dong, dingdong, tintinnabulate, peal, knell, toll, consonate, reecho, bong, twine, wreath, wreathe, girth, girt, begird, gird, cloister

Grouped Verbs: call

Entailments: dial

Part Meronyms: wagon wheel, barrel, cask

Member Meronyms: organized crime, gangland, gangdom

Derivational Morphology: band, hoop, resound, echo, reverberate, tintinnabulate, knell, peal, call, telephone, call up, phone, surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ringing, tintinnabulation, telephone set, caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner, telephony, phone call, telephone call, pealing, roll, rolling, toller, bell ringer, ringer, reverberation, sound reflection, replication, plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy, halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor ring, environment, environs, surroundings

Anagrams: grin

Language Translations:
Albanian: unazë		Breton: bizou and ring
Catalan: anell and dringar and fer sonar		Chinese: 戒指 and 按鈴
Croatian: prsten and ring		Dutch: bellen and luiden and ring
Esperanto: ringo		Finnish: kehä and soida and soittaa and sormus
French: anneau and sonner		German: läuten and Ring
Hungarian: csenget and gyűrű		Italian: anello and suonare
Japanese: 鳴る and 指輪		Korean: 가락지 and 울리다
Latin: anulus		Latvian: gredzens
Maltese: ċurkett		Norwegian: ring and ringe
Polish: dzwonić and pierścionek and ring and uderzać		Portuguese: anel and tocar
Romanian: bate and inel and suna		Russian: звонить and кольцо and ринг
Slovak: prsteň and ring and zvoniť		Slovene: prstan and ring
Spanish: anillo and sonar		Swedish: ring and ringa
Telugu: ఉంగరం and గోదా		Turkish: yüzük

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