RUNG

rundle, spoke, rung

(noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

rung, round, stave

(noun) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

RING

call, telephone, call up, phone, ring

(verb) 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”

ring, band

(verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; “ring birds”; “band the geese to observe their migratory patterns”

surround, environ, ring, skirt, border

(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; “The forest surrounds my property”

ring, peal

(verb) sound loudly and sonorously; “the bells rang”

ring, knell

(verb) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; “Ring the bells”; “My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church”

resound, echo, ring, reverberate

(verb) ring or echo with sound; “the hall resounded with laughter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Rung (plural Rungs)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rung is the 32169^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 717 individuals. Rung is most common among White (93.31%) individuals.

Anagrams

• gurn

Etymology 1

Noun

rung (plural rungs)

A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.

A crosspiece between legs of a chair.

(figurative) A position in a hierarchy.

(nautical, dated) A floor timber in a ship.

(dated) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

(engineering, dated) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.

(engineering, dated) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Etymology 2

Verb

rung

past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell)

(chiefly dialectal) simple past tense of ring

Adjective

rung (not comparable)

Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.

Usage notes

Rang and rung are incorrect for the past of ring in the sense of encircle, where ringed is used instead.

Rung as a simple past is usually considered incorrect.

Anagrams

• gurn

Source: Wiktionary

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Rung,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Ring.

Rung, n. Etym: [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icel. röng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.]

1. (Shipbuilding)

Definition: A floor timber in a ship.

2. One of the rounds of a ladder.

3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

4. (Mach.)

Definition: One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

RING

Ring, v. t. [imp. Rang or Rung (; p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] Etym: [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. sq. root19.]

1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. Shak.

3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. 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 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.

Ring, v. i.

1. To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one. Now ringen trompes loud and clarion. Chaucer. Why ring not out the bells Shak.

2. To practice making music with bells. Holder.

3. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a With sweeter notes each rising temple rung. Pope. The hall with harp and carol rang. Tennyson. My ears still ring with noise. Dryden.

4. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound. The assertion is still ringing in our ears. Burke.

5. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.

Ring, n.

1. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.

2. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated. The ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. Bacon

3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world. Fuller.

Ring, n. Etym: [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G. ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf. Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]

Definition: A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.

2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. Chaucer. The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. Shak.

3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena. Place me. O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contened for glory. E. Smith.

4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an institution, the ring was an institution." Thackeray.

5. A circular group of persons. And hears the Muses in a Aye round about Jove's alter sing. Milton.

6. (Geom.) (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure.

7. (Astron. & Navigation)

Definition: An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.

8. (Bot.)

Definition: An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.

9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc. The ruling ring at Constantinople. E. A. Freeman. Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See Ring mail, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.

– Ring blackbird (Zoöl.), the ring ousel.

– Ring canal (Zoöl.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.

– Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zoöl.) See Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.

– Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless.

– Ring fence. See under Fence.

– Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage.

– Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under Benzene.

– Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth.

– Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under Micrometer.

– Saturn's rings. See Saturn.

– Ring ousel. (Zoöl.) See Ousel.

– Ring parrot (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially Palæornis torquatus, common in India, and P. Alexandri of Java.

– Ring plover. (Zoöl.) (a) The ringed dotterel. (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover (Ægialitis semipalmata).

– Ring snake (Zoöl.), a small harmless American snake (Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash- colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red.

– Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.

– Ring thrush (Zoöl.), the ring ousel.

– The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively.

– The ring. (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races. [Eng.] (b) The prize ring.

Ring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.]

1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle. "Ring these fingers." Shak.

2. (Hort.)

Definition: To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.

3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.

Ring, v. i. (Falconry)

Definition: To rise in the air spirally.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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