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Meaning of rings

- To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
- To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
- To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
- To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
- To practice making music with bells.
- To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.
- To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
- To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.
- A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.
- Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring.
- A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.
- An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.
- A circular group of persons.
- The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
- The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure.
- 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.
- An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
- A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.
- To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
- To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
- To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
- To rise in the air spirally.

Crossword clue for rings

- Aureole
- Band
- Bell sound
- Boxing arena
- Call from circus arena
- Chime, peal
- Circle
- Circus arena
- Encircle
- Finger jewellery
- Get on the phone to wedding band
- Hammered thin
- Telephone
- Calls
- Encircles
- Makes phone calls to bands
- Metal bands for the fingers
- Olympic flag symbols
- Wedding bands