ring
sound loudly and sonorously
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,114 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,536 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- sound loudly and sonorously also: peal the bells rang
- ring or echo with sound also: resound, echo, reverberate the hall resounded with laughter
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification also: knell Ring the bellsMy uncle rings every Sunday at the local church
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone also: call, telephone, call up, phone I tried to call you all nightTake two aspirin and call me in the morning
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle also: surround, environ, skirt, border The forest surrounds my property
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify also: band ring birdsband the geese to observe their migratory patterns
noun
- a characteristic sound it has the ring of sincerity
- a toroidal shape also: halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring a ring of ships in the harbora halo of smoke
ring in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And joy-bells ring, and silver trumpets blow; But not for thee, Pastorius!
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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He will give thee a ring with a philosopher's stone in it.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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His style of hitting is straight and smart, in the ring or out of it.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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At last a young man, with a good heart and plenty of courage, set out to search for the ring.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The cream splashed and splashed inside the churn, and a little white ring of spatters came up around the dasher.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1