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Definition of ring : 1. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
2. A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.
3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.
4. A circular group of persons.
5. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.
6. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.
7. An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
8. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.
9. 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.
10. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
11. 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.
12. The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
13. 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.
14. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.
15. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
16. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
17. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
18. To make ( a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
19. To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
20. To practice making music with bells.
21. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
22. To rise in the air spirally.
23. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.
24. To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
25. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.

Synonyms:

hem in, bounce, sonority, aureole, circumvent, basket, scream, jewelry, geometry, parry, hollo, yell, anticipate, fudge, tintinnabulation, face pack, lot, toll, family, glory, isthmus, sidestep, call, dance band, clang, butt, call in, rabble, hoop, trust, chime, phone, inner circle, foretell, frame in, make noise, cartel, boxing, send for, sinker, environ, jingle, elude, straight, ingroup, sport, reverberance, banding, work party, resonance, butt on, resile, collar, donut, aura, recall, frame, put off, rebound, name, visit, retrieve, tinkle, sonorousness, stria, fence in, forebode, smother, adjoin, syndicate, plangency, ding-dong, mobilise, gyre, organization, plurality, spring, resound, canvas, prognosticate, anulus, vibrancy, eye, pool, beleaguer, bid, corner, squall, dodge, echo, repeat, butt against, call up, address, noise, ringing, hedge, skirt, promise, basketball hoop, rout, reverberate, anchor ring, camp, large number, multitude, duck, think, evade, besiege, fighting, dance orchestra, monopoly, surround, bracelet, bloc, holler, combination, mobilize, disk, striation, remember, combine, reflect, speak to, link, racket, cry, jangle, crime syndicate, confederacy, shout, doughnut, bring forward, march, shout out, square, call off, take a hop, predict, gloriole, wall, knell, encircle, abut, telephone, stripe, call back, prize ring, palisade, nimbus, recoil, round, recollect, peal, closed-chain, wicket, rally, ricochet, wheel

orb, wand, seal, pin, tartan, ermine, badge, regalia, insignia, baton, scepter, crown, mantle, coronet, talisman, tiara, uniform, emblem, signet, pall, mortarboard

Colosseum, province, campus, arena, gymnasium, amphitheater, courtyard, pen, realm, domain, locale, room, field, dominion, hall, battle-ground, enclosure, gallery, turf, region, area, circus, auditorium, ground, precinct, stage, beat, bailiwick, theater, setting, circuit, hippodrome, battlefield

coterie, group, flock, detachment, detail, troop, platoon, faction, cell, regiment, league, fleet, fellowship, bunch, collection, wing, band, complement, battalion, crowd, force, gang, sect, team, caucus, society, crew, union, coalition, assemblage, nest, pack, outfit, host, club, school, circle, posse, mob, phalanx, herd, party, army, set, string, company, fraternity, tribe, covey, junta, drove, body, retinue, staff, hive, cadre, aggregation, brigade, division, litter, bevy, troupe, cabal, clique, clan, assembly, squad, colony

fence, precipice, bound, side, limit, extremity, coast, perimeter, verge, border, contour, frontier limit, periphery, fringe, brim, rim, curb, tip, outline, edge, margin, trace, brink, boundary, sharpness

circularity, areola, orbit, compass, loop, halo, circuitousness, hemisphere, circumference, annulus, roundabout

Usage examples:

• Wouldn't all England ring with it?" - "Revenge!", by Robert Barr.
• For the ring, sister? - "Red Money", Fergus Hume.
• Do you think you're going to ring him in? - "Red Men and White", Owen Wister.