Definition as Noun

• a characteristic sound
• a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
• (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
• an association of criminals
• a toroidal shape
• a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
• the sound of a bell ringing

Definition as Verb

• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
• sound loudly and sonorously
• ring or echo with sound
• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• band

• band

• closed chain

• gang, pack, mob

• halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring

• hoop

• ringing, tintinnabulation

• band

• call, telephone, call up, phone

• knell

• peal

• resound, echo, reverberate

• surround, environ, skirt, border

• "it has the ring of sincerity"

• "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"

• "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

• "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"

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

• "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

• "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

• "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

• "ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

• "the bells rang"

• "the hall resounded with laughter"

• "The forest surrounds my property"

• Ring vs band
• Ring vs closed chain
• Ring vs gang
• Ring vs pack
• Ring vs mob
• Ring vs halo
• Ring vs annulus
• Ring vs doughnut
• Ring vs anchor ring
• Ring vs hoop
• Ring vs ringing
• Ring vs tintinnabulation
• Ring vs call
• Ring vs telephone
• Ring vs call up
• Ring vs phone
• Ring vs knell
• Ring vs peal
• Ring vs resound
• Ring vs echo
• Ring vs reverberate
• Ring vs surround
• Ring vs environ
• Ring vs skirt
• Ring vs border