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ring |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ring 5 of 6 senses of ring Sense 1 ring, peal => ding, dong, dingdong => tintinnabulate => toll, peal => knell Sense 2 resound, echo, ring, reverberate => reverberate, consonate => reecho => reecho => bong Sense 3 ring, knell => toll Sense 4 surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring => twine => wreath, wreathe => girth, girt, begird, gird => cloister Sense 5 call telephone, call up phone, ring => call in Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ring 5 of 6 senses of ring Sense 1 ring, peal => ding, dong, dingdong => tintinnabulate => toll, peal => knell Sense 2 resound, echo, ring, reverberate => reverberate, consonate => reecho => reecho => bong Sense 3 ring, knell => toll Sense 4 surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring => twine => wreath, wreathe => girth, girt, begird, gird => cloister Sense 5 call telephone, call up phone, ring => call in Entailment of verb ring 1 of 6 senses of ring Sense 5 call telephone, call up phone, ring => dial Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb ring 6 senses of ring Sense 1 ring, peal => sound, go Also See-> ring out#1 Sense 2 resound, echo, ring, reverberate => sound, go Sense 3 ring, knell => sound Sense 4 surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring => hold bear, carry, contain Sense 5 call telephone, call up phone, ring => telecommunicate Sense 6 ring => attach Familiarity of verb ring ring used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 6) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ring Sense 1 ring, peal => sound, go -------------- Sense 2 resound, echo, ring, reverberate => sound, go -------------- Sense 3 ring, knell => sound -------------- Sense 4 surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring => hold bear, carry, contain -------------- Sense 5 call telephone, call up phone, ring => telecommunicate -------------- Sense 6 ring => attach -------------- Grep of noun ring acquiring administrative hearing aeronautical engineering air spring airing alan mathison turing alan turing altering anchor ring annual ring appearing apron string architectural engineering armorial bearing atlantic herring automotive engineering bachelor of science in engineering badgering ball bearing baring barring battering bearing bed covering bedspring behring beleaguering benzene ring bering bickering bioengineering blaring blistering body covering boring bowstring box spring boxing ring breaking and entering buccaneering bullring butchering caring catering censoring centering charles franklin kettering charles kettering chattering cheering chemical engineering childbearing civil engineering clamoring clamouring clangoring clearing cloth covering clustering coffee ring coil spring colored hearing coloring colouring comparing competence hearing confirmation hearing conjuring conquering covering curtain ring daring dayspring disappearing dithering drawing string drawstring drop earring earring electioneering electrical engineering engagement ring engineering entering factoring fair hearing fairy-ring mushroom fairy ring faltering feathering female offspring festering figuring fingering firing flavoring flavouring floor covering flooring flowering fluttering food coloring food colouring footsteps-of-spring forswearing fostering foundering furring g-string gas ring gathering gearing genetic engineering goering goring gossipmongering growth ring hair coloring hairspring hammering hamstring handspring hankering head covering headspring hearing heraldic bearing hermann goering hermann goring hermann wilhaelm goering hermann wilhelm goring herring hollering honoring hot spring humoring hydraulic engineering incurring industrial engineering information gathering ingathering initial offering initial public offering inpouring inquiring jabbering jeering journal bearing kayser-fleischer ring kettering key ring king of the herring kippered herring lake herring lap covering latchstring laundering leaf spring lecturing leg covering lettering life ring lingering linguistic string lockring long-suffering lowering mainspring male offspring malingering master of science in engineering mastering measuring mechanical engineering money laundering monitoring mooring motoring mountaineering mourning ring murmuring muttering napkin ring natural covering natural spring naval engineering needle bearing neutering newspapering nose ring nuclear engineering numbering o ring offering offspring ordering organ of hearing outpouring pacific herring pairing paltering pampering papering parhelic ring paring peace offering pendant earring picturing pinion and ring gear piston ring plastering plundering posturing pouring power-assisted steering power steering prize ring profit sharing protective covering purse string quartering quivering racketeering rearing reconnoitering reconnoitring red herring rehearing religious offering remembering rendering reordering revenue sharing ring ring-a-rosy ring-around-a-rosy ring-around-the-rosy ring-binder ring-necked parakeet ring-necked pheasant ring-necked snake ring-stalked fungus ring-tailed cat ring-tailed lemur ring armor ring armour ring blackbird ring disease ring finger ring lardner ring mail ring of color ring ouzel ring road ring rot ring rot bacteria ring rot fungus ring snake ring thrush ringdove ringed snake ringer ringer's solution ringer solution ringgit ringgold wilmer lardner ringhals ringing ringleader ringlet ringling ringmaster ringneck snake ringo starr rings ringside ringside seat ringtail ringworm ringworm bush ringworm cassia ringworm shrub roaring rocket firing roller bearing savoring savouring scandalmongering scattering scoring scouring seafaring seal ring sense of hearing severing sharing shattering shearing sheepshearing shirring shivering shoe repairing shoe string shoestring shoring short covering signet ring simmering slinger ring slip ring sloganeering smattering smoked herring snap ring snoring soaring social gathering soldering soldiering souring spacefaring sparring spattering spiral spring splattering splintering spring spurring sputtering squandering steering stirring storage ring string suffering superstring suturing swearing sweet-potato ring rot tailoring tampering tapering tearing teething ring tempering thank offering thermal spring three-ring circus thrust bearing time sharing torturing towel ring trousering turing uncovering united society of believers in christ's second appearing vaporing veering veneering vitus behring vitus bering volute spring wandering warmongering watering wavering wearing wedding ring wellspring whirring whispering wiring withering woolgathering word string wrestling ring wring Overview of noun ring The noun ring has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) ring -- (a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity") 2. (2) ring, halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor ring -- (a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke") 3. (2) hoop, ring -- (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") 4. closed chain, ring -- ((chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop) 5. gang, pack, ring, mob -- (an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves") 6. ring, ringing, tintinnabulation -- (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) 7. ring -- (a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle) 8. ring, band -- (jewelry consisting of a circular band of a precious metal worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger") Overview of verb ring The verb ring has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (15) ring, peal -- (make a ringing sound) 2. (7) resound, echo, ring, reverberate -- (ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter") 3. (5) ring, knell -- (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church") 4. (1) surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring -- (be around "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village") 5. (1) call telephone, call up phone, ring -- (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") 6. ring -- (attach a ring to "ring birds") Grep of adj ring admiring adoring all-devouring alluring answering aspiring assuring awe-inspiring bantering bearing bettering bewildering blaring blathering blistering blithering blustering bordering boring cantering caring chattering cheering cheeseparing childbearing clattering closed-ring concurring cone-bearing conquering cooccurring covering cowering daring despairing devouring differing disappearing doddering domineering endearing enduring energy-storing entering erring expiring faltering favoring festering first-string flaring flattering flickering flittering flowering fluttering forbearing gathering glaring glimmering glistering glittering glowering god-fearing gold-bearing guttering hard-of-hearing hearing hindering imploring inpouring inquiring inspiring interest-bearing interfering jabbering jarring jeering jittering laboring labouring leering lingering load-bearing long-suffering long-wearing lowering lumbering meandering mind-altering ministering moldering mouldering mouth-watering murmuring muttering naturally occurring neighboring neighbouring nonbearing oil-bearing overbearing overpowering pampering persevering perspiring pestering plundering pondering pouring prospering quavering quivering raring rearing reassuring recovering retiring ring-shaped ringed ringing ringleted ringlike rip-roaring roaring scampering scandalmongering scattering seafaring second-string sharing shattering shimmering shivering shuddering slithering slumbering smoldering smothering smouldering sneering snoring soaring sobering soul-stirring sparing spluttering spring sputtering staggering stammering staring starring stirring stuttering suffering swaggering sweltering talebearing tapering tearing tempering thundering tiring tittering torturing tottering touring towering transpiring uncaring undesiring unerring unfaltering unfearing unflattering unforbearing unhearing uninquiring uninspiring unmurmuring unreassuring unsparing untiring unwavering wandering warring wavering wayfaring wearing whirring whispering withering wondering woolgathering world-shattering young-bearing Overview of noun ring The noun ring has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) ring -- (a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity") 2. (2) ring, halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor ring -- (a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke") 3. (2) hoop, ring -- (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") 4. closed chain, ring -- ((chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop) 5. gang, pack, ring, mob -- (an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves") 6. ring, ringing, tintinnabulation -- (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) 7. ring -- (a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle) 8. ring, band -- (jewelry consisting of a circular band of a precious metal worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger") Overview of verb ring The verb ring has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (15) ring, peal -- (make a ringing sound) 2. (7) resound, echo, ring, reverberate -- (ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter") 3. (5) ring, knell -- (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church") 4. (1) surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring -- (be around "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village") 5. (1) call telephone, call up phone, ring -- (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") 6. ring -- (attach a ring to "ring birds")
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