ring

Study(27)

/ɹɪŋ/

noun 14verb 10name 3

Collocations

(noun.) piece of jewellery

ADJ

engagement, eternity, signet, wedding

diamond, gold, etc.

He gave her a gold ring on their wedding day.

VERB + RING

have on, wear

My grandmother wore a diamond ring on her wedding day, and she never took it off.

put on | take off

RING + NOUN

finger

(noun.) circle

ADJ

inner | outer

concentric

When you drop a stone in water, you can see concentric rings spreading outward from the center.

black, dark

She was tired after working all night and had black rings under her eyes.

smoke, tree

The old oak tree had a thick ring of darker wood from the harsh winter.

VERB + RING

form, stand in

People stood in a ring waiting for the concert to begin.

PREP

in a/the ~

The students gathered in a ring to discuss their project ideas.

(noun.) where a performance, match, etc. takes place

ADJ

boxing, bull, circus, show, wrestling

PREP

in/into the ~

The boxer stepped into the ring for the championship match.

PHRASES

retire from the ring

(noun.) people involved in sth secret/illegal

ADJ

drugs, smuggling, spy

VERB + RING

be involved in

break up

Police broke up an illegal gambling ring operating in the city center.

(noun.) telephone call

VERB + RING

give sb

She gave me a ring yesterday to confirm that she'd arrived safely.

Definitions

noun

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.

onion rings; calamari rings

verb

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!

noun

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identif

band

noun — a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material use

hoop

noun — jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set

band

noun — the sound of a bell ringing

ringing
tintinnabulation

noun — an association of criminals

noun — a toroidal shape

verb — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telep

verb — attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

band

verb — extend on all sides of simultaneously

verb — sound loudly and sonorously

peal

verb — make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edifica

knell

verb — ring or echo with sound

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

ring a bell

To seem at least vaguely familiar.

His face rings a bell. I wonder if I know him from somewhere.

make the welkin ring

To make a loud noise.

The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welk

ring off the hook

Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.

I placed the advertisement yesterday, and the phone has been ringing off the hook ever since.

ring up

To telephone; to call someone on the telephone.

Malone at once rang up Lord Roxton, and soon heard the familiar voice.

ring hollow

To seem to be false or implausible; to be unconvincing.

In his own ears the words he spoke rang hollow, awkward, even impertinent. He could say nothing which did not seem hideously supercilious.

Example Bank

His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement.

Wiktionary

The dearest ring in Venice will I give you.

Wiktionary

onion rings; calamari rings

Wiktionary

The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ring is marked as figuratively, UK, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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