RINGING

To enclose or surround.

Example: "The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas."

To make an incision around; to girdle.

Example: "They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year."

To attach a ring to, especially for identification.

Example: "We managed to ring 22 birds this morning."

To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.

Example: "To ring a pig’s snout"

To rise in the air spirally.

To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.

Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.

Example: "The bells were ringing in the town."

To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.

Example: "The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel."

To produce (a sound) by ringing.

Example: "They rang a christmas carol on their handbells."

To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

Example: "Whose mobile phone is ringing?"

Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

Example: "That does not ring true."

To telephone (someone).

Example: "I will ring you when we arrive."

To resound, reverberate, echo.

To produce music with bells.

To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.