ring meaning
EN
[ɹɪŋ] [-ɪŋ] 
US WRing
- Ring may refer to:
- Ring (jewellery), a decorative ornament worn on fingers, toes, or around the arm or neck and is a symbol that a person is engaged
FR ring 
- NounPLringsSUF-ing
- (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
- The dearest ring in Venice will I give you.
- (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
- a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- onion rings
- 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.
- 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)
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- a benzene ring
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- 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.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- The name has a nice ring to it.
- (colloquial) 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.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.
- (algebra) 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, , is the prototypical ring.
- (algebra) 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 of even integers to be a ring.
- (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
- VerbSGringsPRringingPT, PPringedPTrangPTrungPPrung
- (transitive) To surround or enclose.
- The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
- They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- Only ringed hogs may forage in the commons.
- We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- to ring a pig's snout
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, to produce sound.
- The bells were ringing in the town.
- (transitive) To make (a bell) produce sound.
- The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- Whose mobile phone is ringing?
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- That does not ring true.
- (transitive, colloquial, Britain, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- I will ring you when we arrive.
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
- (transitive) To surround or enclose.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I hung a "no solicitors" sign by my door. One of these days, I hope they'll get the picture and quit ringing the bell.
- ne1 know where u can find t250 ringing tonez???????????????
- Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Ring a-ring o' roses, / A pocketful of posies. / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! / We all fall down. — traditional nursery rhyme (British version)
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I had just sat down in my favorite easy chair and settled in when the phone rang.
- Parenchyma is vasicentric in the early wood, but aliform and confluent in the end of growth ring.
- I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of ring in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs by inflection type
- Irregular verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
- fr ring
- en rings
- fr rings
- en ringing
- en ringleader
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "ring" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.