ring

/ɹɪŋ/

noun

1
(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2
(physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
3
A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
“onion rings”
4
A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
5
An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
“a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)”
6
A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
“a benzene ring”
7
A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
8
A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
9
An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
10
A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
11
Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
12
The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.

1
To enclose or surround.
“The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.”
2
To make an incision around; to girdle.
“They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.”
3
To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
“We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.”
4
To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
“to ring a pig’s snout”
5
To rise in the air spirally.
6
To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.

1
The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
“The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.”
2
A pleasant or correct sound.
“The name has a nice ring to it.”
3
A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
“Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.”
4
A telephone call.
“I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.”
5
Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
6
A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
“St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.”

1
Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
“The bells were ringing in the town.”
2
To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
“The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.”
3
To produce (a sound) by ringing.
“They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.”
4
To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
“Whose mobile phone is ringing?”
5
Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
“That does not ring true.”
6
To telephone (someone).
“I will ring you when we arrive.”
7
To resound, reverberate, echo.
8
To produce music with bells.
9
To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

1
An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
“The set of integers, \mathbb{Z}, is the prototypical ring.”
2
An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
“The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set 2\mathbb{Z} of even integers to be a ring.”

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