A group of objects arranged in a circle.
a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
A pleasant or correct sound.
The name has a nice ring to it.
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.
The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set 2#92;mathbb#123;Z#125; of even integers to be a ring.
A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
To enclose or surround.
The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.
A parish of County Waterford, Ireland.
An unincorporated community in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.
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...
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They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
The bells were ringing in the town.