Ring
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To surround or enclose. To make an incision around; to girdle. To attach a ring to, especially for identification. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. To make a (church) bell produce sound. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. To telephone someone. to resound, reverberate, echo
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger. A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration. A piece of food in the shape of a ring, as in onion ring A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a crime ring. A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles. A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet. A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter. An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter. a large circular prehistoric stone construction such as w:Stonehenge. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. A pleasant or correct sound. A telephone call. An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, such that the set is an abelian group under addition and a monoid under multiplication. An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under multiplication, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
Example sentence: In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
Peal
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To sound with a peal or peals.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.