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Noun rung has 2 senses
- rung, round, stave - a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
--1 is a kind of crosspiece
--1 is a part of
- rundle, spoke, rung - one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
--2 is a kind of crosspiece
--2 is a part of ladder
Verb ring has 6 senses
- ring, peal - sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"
--1 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- resound, echo, ring, reverberate - ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
--2 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentence:
The woods ring with many kinds of birds
- ring, knell - make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
--3 is one way to sound
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
- surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring - be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
--4 is one way to hold, bear, carry, contain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- call, telephone, call up, phone, ring - 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"
--5 is one way to telecommunicate
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot ring Sue
They ring
- ring, band - attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
--6 is one way to attach
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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