ring

Verb

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

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
  • The forest surrounds my property
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• sound loudly and sonorously
  • the bells rang
    

Noun

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

• 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 platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

• the sound of a bell ringing
  • the distinctive ring of the church bell
    
  • the ringing of the telephone
    
  • the tintinnabulation that so voluminously 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 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
    

• a toroidal shape
  • a ring of ships in the harbor
    
  • a halo of smoke
    

• a characteristic sound
  • it has the ring of sincerity
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  band , surround , environ , skirt , border , call , telephone , call up , phone , knell , resound , echo , reverberate , peal , ringing , tintinnabulation , gang , pack , mob , closed chain , hoop , halo , annulus , doughnut , anchor ring