Ringing
/ˈɹɪŋɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Ringing
verb
- To enclose or surround.
"The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas."
- To make an incision around; to girdle.
"They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year."
- To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
"We managed to ring 22 birds this morning."
- To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
"to ring a pig’s snout"
- To rise in the air spirally.
verb
- Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
"The bells were ringing in the town."
- To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
"The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel."
- To produce (a sound) by ringing.
"They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells."
- To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
"Whose mobile phone is ringing?"
- Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
"That does not ring true."
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banding