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a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)"},{"definition":"A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a benzene ring"},{"definition":"A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To enclose or surround.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas."},{"definition":"To make an incision around; to girdle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year."},{"definition":"To attach a ring to, especially for identification.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We managed to ring 22 birds this morning."},{"definition":"To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to ring a pig’s snout"},{"definition":"To rise in the air spirally.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley."},{"definition":"A pleasant or correct sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The name has a nice ring to it."},{"definition":"A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood."},{"definition":"A telephone call.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands."},{"definition":"Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"St Mary's has a ring of eight bells."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The bells were ringing in the town."},{"definition":"To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel."},{"definition":"To produce (a sound) by ringing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells."},{"definition":"To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Whose mobile phone is ringing?"},{"definition":"Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That does not ring true."},{"definition":"To telephone (someone).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I will ring you when we arrive."},{"definition":"To resound, reverberate, echo.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To produce music with bells.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The set of integers, \\mathbb{Z}, is the prototypical ring."},{"definition":"An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set 2\\mathbb{Z} of even integers to be a ring."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of 2 rings suspended from a bar.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A traditional Irish game of throwing rings onto hooks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["still rings"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ring","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rings"]}]