noun

• (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
• (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
  "His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement."
• (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
• (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.

verb

• (transitive) To enclose or surround.
  "The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas."
• (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
  "They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year."
• (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  "We managed to ring 22 birds this morning."
• (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  "to ring a pig’s snout"

noun

• (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
  "The name has a nice ring to it."
• (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
  "Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood."
• (colloquial) A telephone call.
  "I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands."

verb

• (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
  "The bells were ringing in the town."
• (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  "The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel."
• (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
  "They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells."
• (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  "Whose mobile phone is ringing?"