1. (noun) ring
a characteristic sound
Synonyms: doughnut, band, mob, pack, annulus, tintinnabulation, hoop, gang, anchor ring, halo, ringing, closed chain
2. (noun) ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring
a toroidal shape
Synonyms: gloriole, hoop, ringing, aureole, closed chain, anchor ring, ring, pack, gang, skirt, donut, glory, mob, doughnut, nimbus, aura, band, annulus, halo, tintinnabulation, sinker
3. (noun) hoop, ring
a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
Synonyms: gang, doughnut, band, mob, wicket, annulus, closed chain, tintinnabulation, ring, basket, basketball hoop, pack, halo, ringing, anchor ring, hoop
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
5. (noun) gang, pack, ring, mob
an association of criminals
Synonyms: mob, bunch, ringing, annulus, hoop, coterie, battalion, pack, gang, plurality, work party, ingroup, large number, anchor ring, crowd, rabble, halo, multitude, rout, family, clique, inner circle, crime syndicate, closed chain, camp, ring, doughnut, crew, tintinnabulation, band, face pack, syndicate
6. (noun) ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
the sound of a bell ringing
Synonyms: hoop, ringing, sonority, closed chain, anchor ring, pack, gang, resonance, annulus, plangency, mob, doughnut, vibrancy, band, ring, sonorousness, halo, tintinnabulation, reverberance
7. (noun) ring
a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
Synonyms: doughnut, band, mob, pack, annulus, tintinnabulation, hoop, gang, anchor ring, halo, ringing, closed chain
8. (noun) ring, band
jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
Synonyms: hoop, dance band, ringing, lot, closed chain, anchor ring, dance orchestra, set, ring, pack, gang, mob, circle, doughnut, isthmus, stria, stripe, band, annulus, striation, halo, tintinnabulation, banding
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
10. (verb) ring, peal
sound loudly and sonorously
Synonyms: telephone, band, border, environ, peal, echo, phone, reverberate, knell, skirt, resound, call up, surround, call, ring
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
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