4. (noun)closed chain, ring (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop Synonyms: doughnut, band, mob, hoop, annulus, tintinnabulation, ring, gang, anchor ring, pack, halo, ringing, closed chain
9. (verb)band, ring a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) Synonyms: mob, ringing, dance band, annulus, lot, hoop, anchor ring, dance orchestra, set, pack, gang, striation, circle, doughnut, isthmus, stria, stripe, closed chain, ring, halo, tintinnabulation, band, banding
11. (verb)resound, echo, ring, reverberate ring or echo with sound Synonyms: recall, knell, rebound, phone, surround, reflect, bound, recoil, make noise, telephone, skirt, resile, spring, resound, ricochet, border, peal, echo, call, call up, band, ring, take a hop, noise, repeat, reverberate, bounce, environ
12. (verb)ring, knell make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification Synonyms: telephone, band, border, environ, peal, echo, phone, reverberate, knell, skirt, resound, call up, surround, call, ring
13. (verb)call, telephone, call up, phone, ring get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone Synonyms: predict, forebode, band, prognosticate, bring forward, promise, phone, yell, call off, recollect, surround, shout out, retrieve, foretell, cry, peal, call in, scream, environ, holler, rally, mobilize, call up, echo, hollo, call, think, send for, knell, anticipate, border, address, visit, resound, shout, recall, mobilise, reverberate, name, call back, squall, bid, ring, remember, telephone, skirt
14. (verb)surround, environ, ring, skirt, border extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle Synonyms: adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, border, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, ring, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge, skirt
15. (verb)ring, band attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify Synonyms: telephone, band, border, environ, peal, echo, phone, reverberate, knell, skirt, resound, call up, surround, call, ring