Meaning

34 senses

  1. A solid object in the shape of a circle.

    (physical)A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.

    Ring

    кольцо́kolʹcó

    кільце́kilʹcé

  2. (physical)A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.

    His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement.

    Ring

    кольцо́kolʹcó, пе́рстеньpérstenʹ, коле́чкоkoléčko

    пе́рстеньpérstenʹ, кільце́kilʹcé, каблу́чкаkablúčka

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

  3. (UK, physical)A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.

    Ring

    кольцо́kolʹcó

    a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

  4. (UK, physical)A burner on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop.

  5. (physical)A piece of food in the shape of a ring.

    onion rings

    calamari rings

    кольцо́kolʹcó, коле́чкоkoléčko

    a toroidal shape

  6. (physical)In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.

  7. (physical, vulgar)The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.

    Lick my ring!

  8. (historical, physical)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.

  9. (physical)A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.

  10. A group of objects arranged in a circle.

    (physical)A circular group of people or objects.

    a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood

  11. (physical)A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.

    кольцо́kolʹcó

  12. (UK, physical)A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.

Examples

2123 sentences

  1. How much is this ring worth?

    Скільки коштує ця обручка?

    ruСколько стоит это кольцо?

    deWie viel ist dieser Ring wert?

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  2. Tom took off his wedding ring.

    Том зняв своб обручку.

    ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо.

    deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab.

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  3. Tom took his wedding ring off.

    Том зняв своб обручку.

    ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо.

    deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab.

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  4. Tom bought Mary an expensive ring.

    Том купив Мері дорогу обручку.

    ruТом купил Мэри дорогое кольцо.

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  5. I never take off this ring.

    Я ніколи не знімаю цього кільця.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
circumscribing object:
round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger:
place where some sports take place:
resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it:
telephone call:
Русский
By meaning 7
circumscribing object:
round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger:
place where some sports take place:
group of people (for illicit purposes):
resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it:
telephone call:
family of sets...:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
circumscribing object:
arena where circus acts take place:
telephone call:
family of sets...:

Origin

From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germani

From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range.

From Middle English ryngen, from Old English hrinġan (“to ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *hringijan, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną (“to ring”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch ringen (“to ring”), Danish ringe (“to ring”), Swedish ringa (“to ring”), Faroese ringja (“to ring up, telephone”), Icelandic hringja (“to ring”), West Frisian ringelje (“to ring”), Dutch rinkelen (“to ring, jingle”), Faroese ringla (“to tinkle, jingle”).

From a shortening of German Zahlring (“ring of numbers”), coined by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1892. Apparently first used in English in 1930, E. T. Bell, “Rings whose elements are ideals,” Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.

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Forms

plural: rings
Singularring
Pluralrings

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
annulushooptorusrng
Close in meaning
  • jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger:band
  • the sound of a bell ringing:ringingtintinnabulation
  • a toroidal shape:haloannulusdoughnutanchor ring
  • a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration):band
  • a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling:hoop
  • (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop:closed chain

Word family

310 related words
Relatedred ring
DerivedearringA2abdominal ringabstinence ringanchor ringankle ringannual ringarmringbathtub ringbelly ringbenzene ringbetting ringbig ringblogringboxing ringbrass ringbubble ringbull ringcake ringcalamari ringcampfire ringchainringchastity ringchatter ringcinnamon ring

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the phone rang
  • the bell rang
  • the telephone rang
  • phone rang
  • wedding ring
  • bell rang
  • telephone rang
  • engagement ring
  • ring the bell
  • the doorbell rang
  • diamond ring
  • a wedding ring

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rinrindringerringleaderringtone
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