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Meaning:

Noun:

  • colloquial A telephone call.
  • A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
  • algebra An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under multiplication, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
  • algebra An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, such that the set is an abelian group under addition and a monoid under multiplication.
  • An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a crime ring.
  • A piece of food in the shape of a ring, as in onion ring
  • 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.
  • A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger.
  • astronomy A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
  • British A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
  • British a large circular prehistoric stone construction such as w:Stonehenge.
  • figurative A pleasant or correct sound.
  • geometry A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
  • The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
  • typography A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter.
  • historical An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.

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Proper noun:

  • from=Middle English|dot= for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.

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Verb:

  • ambitransitive to resound, reverberate, echo
  • colloquial To telephone someone.
  • figurative Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  • figurative To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  • figurative To make a (church) bell produce sound.
  • figurative To make an incision around; to girdle.
  • transitive To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  • transitive To surround or enclose.

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