Overview of noun ringing

The noun ringing has 3 senses

• ring, ringing, tintinnabulation -- (the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe)


• ringing -- (the giving of a ring as a token of engagement)


• plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy -- (having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant)

Overview of verb ring

The verb ring has 6 senses

• ring, peal -- (sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang")


• resound, echo, ring, reverberate -- (ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter")


• ring, knell -- (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church")


• call, telephone, call up, phone, ring -- (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")


• surround, environ, ring, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")


• ring, band -- (attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns")