Rang

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rang \Rang\ (r[a^]ng),
     imp. of {Ring}, v. t. & i.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[a^]ng) or {Rung}
     (r[u^]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS.
     hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
     ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]
     1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
        body; as, to ring a bell.
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     2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
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              The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
              Hath rung night's yawning peal.       --Shak.
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     3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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     {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of
        bells.
  
     {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}.
  
     {To ring in} or {To ring out}, to usher, attend on, or
        celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the
        old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson.
  
     {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing
        the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or
        danger. --Sir W. Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ring
       n 1: a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"
       2: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo
          of smoke" [syn: {halo}, {annulus}, {anulus}, {doughnut}, {anchor
          ring}]
       3: a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material
          used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling;
          "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
          [syn: {hoop}]
       4: (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a
          closed loop [syn: {closed chain}] [ant: {open chain}]
       5: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the
          gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: {gang}, {pack}, {mob}]
       6: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the
          church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the
          tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the
          ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: {ringing},
           {tintinnabulation}]
       7: a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants
          box or wrestle
       8: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set
          with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every
          finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn: {band}]
       9: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to
          identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: {band}]
       v 1: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: {peal}]
       2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
          [syn: {resound}, {echo}, {reverberate}]
       3: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical
          edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every
          Sunday at the local church" [syn: {knell}]
       4: be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river
          encircles the village" [syn: {surround}, {environ}, {encircle},
           {circle}, {round}]
       5: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by
          telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two
          aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: {call}, {telephone},
           {call up}, {phone}]
       6: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring
          birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory
          patterns" [syn: {band}]
       [also: {rung}, {rang}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rang
       See {ring}

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  RANGE. This word is used in the land laws of the United States to designate 
  the order of the location of such lands, and in patents from the United 
  States to individuals they are described as being within a certain range.