ring
Množina: rings
A square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle.
rinderpest · rindle · rinds · Rineanna · rinforzando · ring · ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio
Množina: rings
A square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle.
rinderpest · rindle · rinds · Rineanna · rinforzando · ring · ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio
Množina: rings
ETYM as. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, Dutch and German ring, Old High Germ. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. and sw. ring; cf. Russ. krug. Related to Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.
(Homonym: wring).
1. A circular band of a precious metal worn on the finger; SYN. band.
2. One of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises.
3. Anything having a circular shape; SYN. halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor ring.
4. The sound of a bell ringing; SYN. ringing, tintinnabulation.
5. A characteristic sound.
Circlet, usually of precious metal, sometimes set with gems, worn on a finger as a decoration or token. The origin of the wedding ring is uncertain, but betrothal rings were bestowed in Roman times. Rings were used for money in ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Their connection with the church still survives in instances such as the English coronation.
rinds · Rineanna · rinforzando · ring · ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio · ring-around-the-rosy · ring back
(Homonym: wring).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: rang, rung).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: ringed).
1. To attach a ring to.
2. To make a ringing sound; SYN. peal.
3. To make ring, as of bells etc.; SYN. knell.
rindle · rinds · Rineanna · rinforzando · ring · ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio · ring-around-the-rosy
When you want to buy something in a store, a cashier uses a cash register to ring up what you want to buy in order to determine how much money you must pay.
(mainly British) When you call people on the telephone, you ring them up.
see ... about · take ... apart · take ... in · burn ... out · pick ... out · ring ... up · tear ... down · work ... in · break out of · breakout · chicken out of
To arouse a response
Rineanna · rinforzando · ring · ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio · ring-around-the-rosy · ring back
rinforzando · ring · ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio · ring-around-the-rosy · ring back · ringbark
Množina: ring backs
ring · ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio · ring-around-the-rosy · ring back · ringbark · ring-billed gull · ring binder · ringbolt
ring a bell · ring a doorbell · ring-a-levio · ring-around-the-rosy · ring back · ringbark · ring-billed gull · ring binder · ringbolt · ringbone
Množina: ring binders
A loose-leaf binder in which split rings attached to a back hold the perforated sheets of paper.
ring-around-the-rosy · ring back · ringbark · ring-billed gull · ring binder · ringbolt · ringbone · ring box · ring changes · ring circuit
Množina: ring boxes
ringbark · ring-billed gull · ring binder · ringbolt · ringbone · ring box · ring changes · ring circuit · ring connection · ring counter · ring dance
To run through the range of possible variations.
ring-billed gull · ring binder · ringbolt · ringbone · ring box · ring changes · ring circuit · ring connection · ring counter · ring dance · ring ditch
Množina: ring circuits
Household electrical circuit in which appliances are connected in series to form a ring with each end of the ring connected to the power supply. It superseded the radial circuit.
ring binder · ringbolt · ringbone · ring box · ring changes · ring circuit · ring connection · ring counter · ring dance · ring ditch · ringdove
Množina: ring connections
ringbolt · ringbone · ring box · ring changes · ring circuit · ring connection · ring counter · ring dance · ring ditch · ringdove · ringdown
Množina: ring counters
ringbone · ring box · ring changes · ring circuit · ring connection · ring counter · ring dance · ring ditch · ringdove · ringdown · ring down the curtain
ring box · ring changes · ring circuit · ring connection · ring counter · ring dance · ring ditch · ringdove · ringdown · ring down the curtain · ringed