ringing

To enclose or surround.

“The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.”

To make an incision around; to girdle.

“They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.”

To attach a ring to, especially for identification.

“We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.”

To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.

“to ring a pig’s snout”

To rise in the air spirally.

To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.

Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.

“The bells were ringing in the town.”

To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.

“The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.”

To produce (a sound) by ringing.

“They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.”

To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

“Whose mobile phone is ringing?”

Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

“That does not ring true.”

To telephone (someone).

“I will ring you when we arrive.”

To resound, reverberate, echo.

To produce music with bells.

To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

The sound of something that rings.

The quality of being resonant.

A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.

The theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale.

Loud and clear.

Made forcefully; powerful.