ring
/ɹɪŋ/ verb A1- Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. · The bells were ringing in the town.
- To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound. · The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
- To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. · Whose mobile phone is ringing?
- Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. · That does not ring true.
- to resound, reverberate, echo.
- To produce music with bells.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
He/she/it rings · Past rang · Past participle rung · -ing form ringing
Verb forms
- Base form
- ring
- He/she/it
- rings
- Past
- rang
- Past participle
- rung
- -ing form
- ringing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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
“They’ve taken his wedding ring!” he gasped.
Master always wore his plain gold wedding ring on the little finger of his left hand.
That ring with the rough nugget on it was above it, and the twisted snake ring on the third finger.
There’s the nugget and there’s the snake, but the wedding ring is gone.”
Other matches
- ring A circumscribing object, A2
- 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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