ring

A solid object in the shape of a circle.

A solid object in the shape of a circle.

His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement.

The dearest ring in Venice will I give you.

A solid object in the shape of a circle.

A solid object in the shape of a circle.

A solid object in the shape of a circle.

onion rings; calamari rings

To enclose or surround.

The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.

Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that's ringed with a variety of facilities.

To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.

They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.

The ironbark trees are "rung" at a certain height top and bottom, and the bark detached in one sheet; it is then wetted, and laid out flat on the ground, huge stones being placed to keep it from rolling up again.

To attach a ring to, especially for identification.

We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.

Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones.

To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.

to ring a pig’s snout

Ring these fingers with thy household worms.

To rise in the air spirally.

[…] how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing / In his ecstacy!

The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.

The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.

The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.

A pleasant or correct sound.

The name has a nice ring to it.

A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.

Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.

A telephone call.

I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.

Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.

the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears