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: Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
Phone
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To call (someone) on the telephone.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device for transmitting sound in real time across distances.A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Example sentence: An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is.