Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rung

2 senses of rung

Sense 1
rung, round, stave -- (a crosspiece between the legs of a chair)
       => crosspiece -- (a transverse brace)

Sense 2
rundle, spoke, rung -- (one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder)
       => crosspiece -- (a transverse brace)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ring

6 senses of ring

Sense 1
ring, peal -- (sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")
          Phrasal Verb-> ring out#1

Sense 2
resound, echo, ring, reverberate -- (ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 3
ring, knell -- (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church")
       => sound -- (cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note")

Sense 4
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")
       => telecommunicate -- (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)

Sense 5
surround, environ, ring, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")
       => touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")

Sense 6
ring, band -- (attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)

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