Ring

What “Ring” means

Noun

1. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
3. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
4. A solid object in the shape of a circle.
5. A solid object in the shape of a circle.

Verb

1. To enclose or surround.
2. To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
3. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
4. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
5. To rise in the air spirally.

Noun

1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
2. A pleasant or correct sound.
3. A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
4. A telephone call.
5. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.

Verb

1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.
4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

Where the word comes from

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 of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range. Cognates * West Frisian ring * Low German Ring * Dutch ring * German Ring * Swedish ring * Finnish rengas More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krăg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)).

From Middle English ryngen, from Old English hrinġan (“to ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *hringijan, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną (“to ring”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch ringen (“to ring”), Danish ringe (“to ring”), Swedish ringa (“to ring”), Faroese ringja (“to ring up, telephone”), Icelandic hringja (“to ring”), West Frisian ringelje (“to ring”), Dutch rinkelen (“to ring, jingle”), Faroese ringla (“to tinkle, jingle”).

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• Donut Shop