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For the verb: "to ring"

Simple Past:	rang
Past Participle:	rung

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ring1

▶noun

1 a small circular band, typically of precious metal, worn on a finger as an ornament or as a token of marriage, engagement, or authority.

2 a circular band, article, or mark.
■ a thin band of rock and ice particles round a planet.

■ chiefly Brit. a flat circular heating device forming part of a gas or electric hob.

■ Archaeology a circular prehistoric earthwork, typically consisting of a bank and ditch.

3 an enclosed space in which a sport, performance, or show takes place.

4 a circle of people or things.
■ a group of people engaged in a shared enterprise, especially one involving illegal activity: a drug ring.

5 Chemistry a number of atoms bonded together to form a closed loop in a molecule.

6 Mathematics a set of elements with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, the second being distributive over the first and associative.

▶verb

1 surround.
■ chiefly Brit. draw a circle round.

2 Brit. Ornithology put an identifying strip around the leg of (a bird).

3 put a circular band through the nose of (a bull, pig, etc.) to lead or control it.

4 informal fraudulently change the identity of (a motor vehicle).

– phrases
hold the ring monitor a dispute or conflict without becoming involved.
run (or make) rings round (or around) informal outclass or outwit (someone) easily.

– derivatives
ringed adjective,
ringless adjective.

– origin OE hring, of Gmc origin; rel. to rank1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ring2

▶verb (past rang; past part. rung)

1 make or cause to make a clear resonant or vibrating sound.
■ (of a telephone) ring repeatedly to signal an incoming call.

■ call for attention by sounding a bell.

■ (often ring with) reverberate with a sound.

■ (of the ears) be filled with a buzzing or humming sound due to a blow or loud noise.

■ (ring something up) record an amount on a cash register.

2 Brit. call by telephone.
■ (ring off) end a telephone call by replacing the receiver.

3 sound (the hour, a peal, etc.) on a bell or bells.
■ (ring someone/thing in or out) usher someone or something in (or out) by or as if by ringing a bell.