to ring
- verb
- /rɪŋ/
- Ring the area with your men.
Having that money in a cash ISA still ring fences it in an ISA.
- Having that money in a cash ISA still ring fences it in an ISA.
Examples
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Don, you can tell me confidentially are these rumors true that wedding bells are soon to ring for you and Lina?
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"The phone started to ring as Elyria walked Ortega to the door."
Fiction book (1995) -
Do you want us to ring in or write it down?
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Nobody said do not go ring their doorbell.
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Many of those newcomers flock to the barrier islands that ring Florida and other coastal states.
Academic text (2006) -
Substitute "missions" for "residential schools," and that passage rings true for California missionized survivors with a clarity I cannot ignore.
Academic text (2016) -
The firefighters decided to ring the entire area to ensure no one was left inside the building.
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As the parade went by, the children formed a line to ring the float with colorful decorations.
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To protect the crops from animals, the farmers chose to ring the field with a fence.
Synonyms
To be all around a person or thing on every side
To draw a line around something to show it
To form a circle around a person or thing
Move in a round path around someone or something
To surround something on all sides
Completely surround something, often in a round shape like a ball
Move around something or someone in a circle
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To say you will run for a position, for example in an election
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
The finger between the middle finger and little finger where people often wear wedding rings
- Offensive
A ring worn around the penis base to help keep an erection by reducing blood flow
A ring with a carved seal used to stamp wax to show who owned or approved a document
- NSFW
A group of people who secretly run illegal betting, like on sports or card games
- Specialized
A layer of wood made in one year that appears as a ring in a tree trunk
A young woman who walks into the boxing ring between rounds holding a sign with the next round number
A small animal from Madagascar with a long tail that has black and white rings
- Specialized
A ring of six carbon atoms, each joined to a hydrogen, found in many organic molecules
- Specialized
A secure place on a computer that stores passwords and secret codes for apps and the system
- Specialized
A golden-brown or green ring at the edge of the clear front of the eye seen in Wilson's disease
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players hold hands, walk in a circle, and fall down while singing
- Specialized
A thin metal band that fits around a piston to stop gas and oil leaking past it
- Specialized
A ring-shaped mark that appears at the edge of a liquid drop as it dries
- NSFW
A ring that you put at the base of the penis to slow blood flow and help keep it hard
- Specialized
A way to stop disease by giving vaccines to people exposed and their close contacts
- Specialized
An illness of plants like tomatoes and potatoes caused by bacteria that makes dark rings in the stem
- Specialized
Bacteria that cause a disease making crops like potatoes and tomatoes go soft and brown
- Specialized
A small living thing that makes fruits and vegetables rot, often making dry rings near sweet potato roots
- Specialized
A disease caused by bacteria that makes potato and tomato stems or tubers rot in a ring
- UK
A European bird often found on rocky hills with dark feathers and a white band on the male's neck
- UK
A harmless snake with a bright ring around its neck found in North America or Europe
- Specialized
Vaccinating people who were close to someone who had the disease to stop it spreading
- Specialized
A circular strong wall built under a heavy structure to support its weight
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players hold hands, move in a circle and fall down together
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players hold hands in a circle, sing, and fall down
An animal like a raccoon that has a long bushy tail with black and white rings
- Specialized
A mushroom with gills and a ring on its stem that makes brown spores
- Specialized
A bright ring across the sky at the same height as the sun formed when sunlight passes through ice crystals
- Specialized
Gears that fit together at a right angle to send power between car axles
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Etymology
To ring something, meaning to go all around it, comes from making a 'ring' or circle, so police 'ring' a building when they surround it on all sides.