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Meaning of rings

noun

(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
(physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
A piece of food in the shape of a ring. Example: onion rings
A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. Example: a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)

verb

To enclose or surround. Example: The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
To make an incision around; to girdle. Example: They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
To attach a ring to, especially for identification. Example: We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring. Example: to ring a pig’s snout
To rise in the air spirally.

noun

The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. Example: The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
A pleasant or correct sound. Example: The name has a nice ring to it.
A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something. Example: Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.
A telephone call. Example: I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.
Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.

verb

Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. Example: The bells were ringing in the town.
To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound. Example: The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
To produce (a sound) by ringing. Example: They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.
To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. Example: Whose mobile phone is ringing?
Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. Example: That does not ring true.

noun

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. Example: The set of integers, \mathbb{Z}, is the prototypical ring.
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. Example: The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set 2\mathbb{Z} of even integers to be a ring.

noun

A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of 2 rings suspended from a bar.
A traditional Irish game of throwing rings onto hooks.

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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