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rings


 
  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  rings 
  apron  strings 
  colorado  springs 
  hot  springs 
  lady's  earrings 
  rings 
  ringside 
  ringside  seat 
  rock  springs 
  saratoga  springs 
 
  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  rings 
 
  The  noun  rings  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  rings  --  (gymnastic  apparatus  consisting  of  a  pair  of  heavy  metal  circles  (usually  covered  with  leather)  suspended  by  ropes;  used  for  gymnastic  exercises;  "the  rings  require  a  strong  upper  body") 
 
  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") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  rings 
 
  The  noun  rings  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  rings  --  (gymnastic  apparatus  consisting  of  a  pair  of  heavy  metal  circles  (usually  covered  with  leather)  suspended  by  ropes;  used  for  gymnastic  exercises;  "the  rings  require  a  strong  upper  body") 
 
  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") 



rings definition