[ring] 
verb, rang, rung, ring⋅ing, noun | 1. | to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice. |
| 2. | to make a given impression on the mind; appear: words that rang false; a story that rings true. |
| 3. | to cause a bell or bells to sound, esp. as a summons: Just ring if you need anything. |
| 4. | to sound loudly; be loud or resonant; resound (often fol. by out): His brave words rang out. |
| 5. | to be filled with sound; reecho with sound, as a place. |
| 6. | (of the ears) to have the sensation of a continued humming sound. |
| 7. | Chiefly British. to telephone. |
| 8. | to cause (a bell or device with a bell) to ring; sound by striking: to ring a bell. |
| 9. | to produce (sound) by or as if by ringing: The bell rang a low tone. |
| 10. | to announce or proclaim, usher in or out, summon, signal, etc., by or as if by the sound of a bell: to ring someone's praises; The bell rang the hour. |
| 11. | to test (a coin or other metal object) by the sound it produces when struck against something. |
| 12. | Chiefly British. to telephone. |
| 13. | a ringing sound, as of a bell or bells: the ring of sleigh bells. |
| 14. | a sound or tone likened to the ringing of a bell: Rings of laughter issued from the school. |
| 15. | any loud sound; sound continued, repeated, or reverberated: the ring of iron upon stone. |
| 16. | a set or peal of bells. |
| 17. | a telephone call: Give me a ring tomorrow. |
| 18. | an act or instance of ringing a bell: No one answered my ring. |
| 19. | a characteristic sound, as of a coin. |
| 20. | the aspect or impression presented by a statement, an action, etc., taken as revealing a specified inherent quality: a ring of assurance in her voice; the ring of truth; a false ring. |
| 21. | ring in,
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| 22. | ring off,
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| 23. | ring out,
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| 24. | ring up,
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| 25. | ring a bell. bell 1 (def. 14). |
| 26. | ring down the curtain,
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| 27. | ring down the curtain on, to bring to an end: The accident rang down the curtain on his law career. |
| 28. | ring the bell. bell 1 (def. 15). |
| 29. | ring the changes. change (def. 38). |
| 30. | ring up the curtain,
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| 31. | ring up the curtain on, to begin; inaugurate; initiate: The $100-a-plate dinner rang up the curtain on the hospital's fund-raising drive. |
ring (rĭng)
n.
A circular object, form, or arrangement with a vacant circular center.
The area between two concentric circles; annulus.
A group of atoms linked by bonds that may be represented graphically in circular or triangular form.
ring (rĭng) Pronunciation Key
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ring down the curtain on
Bring something to an end, as in We'd best get to that grand old hotel before they ring down the curtain on it. This idiom alludes to the old practice of signaling that a theater curtain be lowered at the ring of a bell. Similarly, ring up the curtain on refers to a bell rung to begin a performance and came to mean starting anything, as in Their contribution rang up the curtain on the fund drive. The figurative use of these terms dates from the early 1900s.