Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 {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.

Rang \Rang\,
   imp. of {Ring}, v. t. & i.

Source : WordNet®

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}]

rang
     See {ring}