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Ringing

noun

The sound of a bell ringing. Synonyms: ring, tintinnabulation. "The ringing of the telephone" , "The tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"

The giving of a ring as a token of engagement.

Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant. Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy.

Ring

verb

(when related to sound: past rang; past part. rung; pres. part. ringing) (when related to circles: past & past part. ringed; pres. part. ringing)

Sound loudly and sonorously. Synonym: peal.

Ring or echo with sound. Synonyms: echo, resound, reverberate.

Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification. Synonym: knell. "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. Synonyms: call, call up, phone, telephone. "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. Synonyms: border, environ, skirt, surround.

Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify. Synonym: band. "Band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

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"Ringing" Quotes from Famous Books

... I went by Kilcluan where the bells used to be ringing at the break of every day, I could hear nothing but the people snoring in their houses. When I went by Tubbervanach where the young men used to be climbing the hill to the blessed well, they were ...

— The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays • William B. Yeats

... of the fourth day, before life had begun to move in the streets of Paris, and before the houses were opened, a cry was heard in the great highways of the city, ringing up into all the houses, and entering all the agitated hearts that heard it: "Flowers, bring flowers! Mirabeau wants flowers! Bring roses and violets for Mirabeau! Mirabeau wants ...

— Marie Antoinette And Her Son • Louise Muhlbach

... her door, and held it open in the politest way until I had passed out, then I heard her laugh—laugh out loud, a real merry, ringing laugh, every note of which said as plainly as ...

— Miss Ashton's New Pupil - A School Girl's Story • Mrs. S. S. Robbins

... charge of powder for each barrel remained, and one more for Karl's rifle. When these three should be fired off, not another shot might ever again be heard ringing through that silent valley, and waking the ...

— The Cliff Climbers - A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" • Captain Mayne Reid

... left the old pilot at Waigiou to take care of my house and to get the prau into sailing order—to caulk her bottom, and to look after the upper works, thatch, and ringing. When I returned I found it nearly ready, and immediately began packing up and preparing for the voyage. Our mainsail had formed one side of our house, but the spanker and jib had been put away in the roof, and on opening them to see if any repairs were wanted, ...

— The Malay Archipelago - Volume II. (of II.) • Alfred Russel Wallace

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