ring

ring is a 4-letter English word with 40 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 40 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
2. transitive verb. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
3. transitive verb. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
4. intransitive verb. To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
5. intransitive verb. To practice making music with bells.
6. intransitive verb. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.
7. intransitive verb. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
8. intransitive verb. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.
9. noun. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.
10. noun. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
11. noun. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
12. noun. A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.
13. noun. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring.
14. noun. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.
15. noun. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.
16. noun. A circular group of persons.
17. noun. The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
18. noun. The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure.
19. noun. An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
20. noun. An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
21. noun. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.
22. transitive verb. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
23. transitive verb. To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
24. transitive verb. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
25. intransitive verb. To rise in the air spirally.
26. noun. a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

    Synonyms: band

27. noun. a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

    "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

    Synonyms: hoop

28. noun. jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

    "she had rings on every finger"

    "he noted that she wore a wedding band"

    Synonyms: band

29. noun. a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
30. noun. a characteristic sound

    "it has the ring of sincerity"

31. noun. the sound of a bell ringing--E. A. Poe

    "the distinctive ring of the church bell"

    "the ringing of the telephone"

    Synonyms: ringing

32. noun. an association of criminals

    "police tried to break up the gang"

    "a pack of thieves"

    Synonyms: gang, mob, pack

33. noun. (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
34. noun. a toroidal shape

    "a ring of ships in the harbor"

    "a halo of smoke"

    Synonyms: annulus, doughnut, halo

35. verb. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

    "I tried to call you all night"

    "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

    Synonyms: call, phone, telephone

36. verb. attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

    "ring birds"

    "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

    Synonyms: band

37. verb. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

    "The forest surrounds my property"

    Synonyms: border, environ, skirt, surround

38. verb. sound loudly and sonorously

    "the bells rang"

    Synonyms: peal

39. verb. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

    "Ring the bells"

    "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

    Synonyms: knell

40. verb. ring or echo with sound

    "the hall resounded with laughter"

    Synonyms: echo, resound, reverberate

Synonyms

band, hoop, ringing, gang, mob, pack, annulus, doughnut, halo, call, phone, telephone, border, environ, skirt, surround, peal, knell, echo, resound, reverberate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ring:

girn, grin

Common word forms

rings, ringed, ringer, ringing, ringable, ringless

Words from these letters

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