Found 3 items, similar to rung.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: rung cungkil
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rung ring 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] 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] [also: rung, rang] rung n 1: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: round, stave] 2: one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn: rundle, spoke] rung See ring
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rung 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. [1913 Webster] The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. [1913 Webster] The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Rung \Rung\, imp. & p. p. of Ring. [1913 Webster] Rung \Rung\, n. [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. r["o]ng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.] 1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. One of the rounds of a ladder. [1913 Webster] 3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel. [1913 Webster]