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Sounds | rih'ng |
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Rhymes | abating, abducting, abiding, and 2078 more rhymes in ihng at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A characteristic sound. |
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Examples | "it has the ring of sincerity" |
Broader | sound |
Verbs | ring |
Meaning | A toroidal shape. |
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Examples | "a ring of ships in the harbor" |
Synonyms | halo, annulus, anulus, doughnut, anchor ring |
Narrower | fairy ring, fairy circle |
Broader | toroid |
Verbs | ring |
Meaning | A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling. |
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Synonyms | hoop |
Part of | barrel, cask; wagon wheel |
Narrower | carabiner, karabiner, snap ring; curtain ring; key ring; napkin ring; nose ring; rim; rim; tire, tyre; towel ring |
Broader | band |
Meaning | (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop. |
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Synonyms | closed chain |
Category | chemistry, chemical science |
Narrower | heterocyclic ring, heterocycle |
Broader | chain, chemical chain |
Contrary | open chain |
Meaning | An association of criminals. |
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Synonyms | gang, pack, mob |
Member of | organized crime, gangland, gangdom |
Members | gangster, mobster |
Narrower | nest; youth gang |
Broader | association |
Meaning | The sound of a bell ringing. |
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Examples | "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 |
Synonyms | ringing, tintinnabulation |
Narrower | bell ringing |
Broader | sound |
Verbs | ring; ring; ring |
Meaning | A square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle. |
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Parts | canvas, canvass |
Narrower | boxing ring, prize ring; wrestling ring |
Broader | platform |
Meaning | Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger. |
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Examples | "she had rings on every finger" |
Synonyms | band |
Narrower | annulet; engagement ring; mourning ring; ringlet; signet ring, seal ring; wedding ring, wedding band |
Broader | jewelry, jewellery |
Verbs | ring |
Meaning | A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration). |
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Synonyms | band |
Broader | strip, slip |
Verbs | ring |
Meaning | Sound loudly and sonorously. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | peal |
Narrower | ding, dong, dingdong; tintinnabulate; peal; knell |
Broader | sound, go |
See also | ring out |
Nouns | ring, ringing |
Meaning | Ring or echo with sound. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | The woods ring with many kinds of birds |
Synonyms | resound, echo, reverberate |
Narrower | consonate; reecho; reecho; bong |
Broader | sound, go |
Nouns | ring; ringing |
Meaning | Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" |
Synonyms | knell |
Cause to | sound, go |
Narrower | toll |
Broader | sound |
Nouns | ringer; ring, ringing |
Meaning | Be around. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | surround, environ, encircle, circle, round |
Narrower | twine; wreath, wreathe; girth, girt, begird, gird; cloister |
Broader | hold, bear, carry, contain |
Nouns | ring |
Meaning | Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | Sam cannot ring Sue; They ring |
Synonyms | call, telephone, call up, phone |
Category | telephone, telephony |
Entails | dial |
Entailed by | hang on, hold the line, hold on |
Narrower | cell phone; call in |
Broader | telecommunicate |
Similar to | call |
Nouns | ring |
Meaning | Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "ring birds" |
Synonyms | band |
Broader | attach |
Nouns | ring; ring |