ring
/ɹɪŋ/ noun A2- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc. · His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring. · onion rings· calamari rings
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters. · Lick my ring!
- An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- A circular group of people or objects. · a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
Plural rings
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- ring around To call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of ...
- ring back To return a phone call.
- ring in To encircle, to surround in a ring, engirdle.
- ring in To make a phone call to (this place).
- ring off Buzz off; go away; shut up.
- ring out To throw (an opponent) out of the arena, thereby winning.
- ring out To sound clearly and loudly.
- ring up To telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
From the library
“Make yourself perfectly at home,” said the green girl, “and if you wish for anything ring the bell.
He had not gone to bed that night; but was in the pantry at the back of the house, putting away the silver, when he heard the bell ring violently.
“‘Here is a ring that will obtain audience of him, and remove every difficulty,’ said the captain.
At these words he gave me a ring.
Other matches
- ring Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. A1
- ring To enclose or surround. C2
- ring A family of sets that is closed under finite un... C2
- ring An algebraic structure which consists of a set ... C2
- ring The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resemb... C2
- ring around To call a number of people by phone, usually a ...
- ring back To return a phone call.
- ring in To encircle, to surround in a ring, engirdle.
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