ring (past tense rang)

ring1 (past tense rang [ ræŋ ] ; past participle rung [ rʌŋ ] ) verb ***

1. ) transitive to make a bell produce a sound:

He rang the doorbell.

a ) intransitive if a bell rings, it produces a sound:

A bell rang and the children trooped back into the school.

b ) intransitive or transitive to ring a bell as a signal for someone to come to you or help you:

ring for: Please ring for assistance.

2. ) intransitive to make a continuous loud high sound:

The cobblestones rang beneath the horses' feet.

a ) ring with LITERARY if a place rings with a sound, it is full of a loud sound:

The room rang with his frightened cries.

b ) if a sound rings in a place, it is loud and you can hear it clearly:

A great cheer rang through the hall.

3. ) intransitive if your ears ring, you continue to hear a loud sound in your head for a short time after you have heard a loud noise or someone has hit you:

The sound of the shot left Rory's ears ringing.

a ) ring in your ears if something such as someone's words ring in your ears, you feel that you can still hear them after that person has stopped speaking:

With his words ringing in her ears, she ran up the stairs.

4. ) transitive to surround someone or something, especially in order to protect them or to prevent them from escaping:

Protesters carrying signs ringed the embassy.

Ringed by soldiers for protection, he tried to address the crowd.

a ) to draw a circle around something, especially to show that you have chosen it or to make it easy to notice: CIRCLE:

She ringed the date on the calendar in the kitchen.

b ) MAINLY BRITISH to put a metal ring with a special number on it around the leg of a bird so that you can recognize it again later. American usually tag

ring a bell INFORMAL

something that rings a bell sounds familiar to you, although you cannot remember the exact details:

The name rings a bell. Isn't he an architect?

ring hollow

to sound false or not sincere:

The company's claim that it is innocent of any wrongdoing rings hollow.

ring true

to sound true or sincere:

It was a possible explanation, but it didn't quite ring true.

,ring `in phrasal verb

ring in the New Year

to ring bells to celebrate the beginning of a new year

,ring `out phrasal verb intransitive MAINLY LITERARY

to produce a loud clear sound:

Rob's laughter rang out in the large room.

,ring `round or ,ring a`round phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

ring round/around someone/something to phone several people or corporations, etc. in order to arrange something or to get information

,ring `up phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to record an amount of money by pressing buttons on a CASH REGISTER:

She rang up our purchases quickly and we left.

2. ) to make or lose a particular amount of money in sales, profits, or losses in a period of time:

The bank rang up about $600 million in losses on bad loans.

ring

ring 2 [ rıŋ ] noun ***

▸ 1 jewelry/circle

▸ 2 bell sound

▸ 3 in boxing/wrestling

▸ 4 group doing activity

▸ 5 quality

▸ 6 sound of phone

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count a piece of jewelry in the form of a circle that you wear on a finger:

a gold ring

ring on: She had a ring on every finger.

wedding ring: He's married but he doesn't wear a wedding ring.

a ) an object in the shape of a circle:

onion rings

curtain rings

b ) a line or shape that forms a ring:

She had dark rings under her eyes from tiredness.

c ) a group of people or things that form a ring: CIRCLE:

ring of: He glanced around the ring of faces waiting for him to speak.

in a ring (=arranged in the shape of the edge of a circle): They sat in a ring around the fire.

d ) MAINLY BRITISH a flat circle heated by gas or electricity on the top of a STOVE

=> ENGAGEMENT RING

2. ) count the sound that a bell produces:

He was interrupted by the ring of the timer bell.

a ) count an act of making a bell produce a sound:

Impatiently she gave the doorbell another ring.

b ) singular a sound like a bell:

The ring of his hammer echoed round the square.

3. ) count a raised square area surrounded by ropes where people take part in BOXING or WRESTLING

a ) the ring the sport of BOXING or WRESTLING:

Dempsey today announced his retirement from the ring.

b ) an area surrounded by seats at a CIRCUS

4. ) count a group of people involved in an activity, especially an illegal one:

The officer was suspected of involvement in an international drug ring.

5. ) singular a particular quality that something such as a statement seems to have:

Her account has a ring of authenticity about it.

have a ring of truth: His version of events had a ring of truth.

have a familiar ring: This story may have a familiar ring to it.

6. ) count a sound produced by a phone when someone calls you

a ) give someone a ring BRITISH INFORMAL to phone someone

run rings around someone INFORMAL

to be much better at something than someone else:

My kids run rings around me when it comes to using the Internet.