ring
To enclose or surroundTo enclose or surround.
Meaning
17 senses(transitive)To enclose or surround.
The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
окружа́тьokružátʹ, окружи́тьokružítʹ
(figuratively, transitive)To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
(transitive)To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
beringen
окольцо́выватьokolʹcóvyvatʹ, окольцева́тьokolʹcevátʹ
attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
(transitive)To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
to ring a pig’s snout
ring or echo with sound
To rise in the air spirally.
кружи́тьkružítʹ
(transitive)To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
(Australia, transitive)To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
(intransitive)Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
The bells were ringing in the town.
(transitive)To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
(transitive)To produce (a sound) by ringing.
They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.
läuten
звони́тьzvonítʹ
sound loudly and sonorously
(figuratively, intransitive)To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
Whose mobile phone is ringing?
klingeln
звене́тьzvenétʹ
(figuratively, intransitive)Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
That does not ring true.
klingen
звуча́тьzvučátʹ
Examples
2123 sentencesHow much is this ring worth?
Скільки коштує ця обручка? — deniko
ruСколько стоит это кольцо? — odexed
deWie viel ist dieser Ring wert? — cost
Tom took off his wedding ring.
Том зняв своб обручку. — deniko
ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо. — odexed
deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom took his wedding ring off.
Том зняв своб обручку. — deniko
ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо. — odexed
deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom bought Mary an expensive ring.
Том купив Мері дорогу обручку. — deniko
ruТом купил Мэри дорогое кольцо. — marafon
I never take off this ring.
Я ніколи не знімаю цього кільця. — Ahha
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 6
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West GermaniFrom 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”).
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Forms
rings, ringing, ringed, ringedPhrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- ring upзвати, кричатиTo telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
- ring backпередзвонити, передзвонюватиTo return a phone call.
- ring offTo disconnect at the end of a phone call.
- ring outTo sound clearly and loudly.
- ring inTo make a phone call to (this place).
- ring aroundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
- ring throughTo make a telephone call to someone, especially from the same building.
- ring roundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
Synonyms
14 synonyms- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify:band
- sound loudly and sonorously:peal
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification:knell
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle:surroundenvironskirtborder
- ring or echo with sound:resoundechoreverberate
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone:calltelephonecall upphone
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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