What is "rang"

Rang \Rang\ (r[a^]ng), imp. of Ring, v. t. & i.

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.

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 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.

past tense of ring (v.1). Middle English, by analogy of sang/sing, etc.

vb. (en-simple past of: ring) (qualifier: only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)

1. v. 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]

7. [also: rung, rang]

1. n. 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]

10. [also: rung, rang]

See ring

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