Rung
[rʌŋ]
Definition
(-) of Ring
(p. p.) of Ring
(-) imp. & p. p. of Ring.
(n.) A floor timber in a ship.
(n.) One of the rounds of a ladder.
(n.) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
(n.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
Typist: Lycurgus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Round (of a ladder).
Editor: Lorna
Definition
pa.t. and pa.p. of ring.—adj. having a ring through the nose as a hog.
n. one of the floor-timbers of a ship: one of the rounds of a ladder: a bar: a heavy staff: a cudgel: one of the radial handles of a steering-wheel.
Edited by Aaron
Examples
- Sambo, the black servant, has just rung the bell; and the coachman has a new red waistcoat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My name is George, sir, and I have rung the bell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At one point in the service a bell would be rung and a mirror lifted up, while the whole congregation, in an access of reverence, bowed lower. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The bell was rung, and the fat boy appeared. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- No door-bell had rung; Rosine--acting doubtless by orders--had anticipated such réveillée. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And the bell was rung, and the carriages spoken for. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They rung in his ears; and he was proud of the sense of justice which made him go on in every kindness he could offer to her parents. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It rung on my ears long and heavily; the mountains re-echoed it, and I felt as if all hell surrounded me with mockery and laughter. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Andy, said his mistress, step to Eliza's door, and tell her I have rung for her three times. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The bell rung, the steamer whizzed, the engine groaned and coughed, and away swept the boat down the river. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was perfectly natural that I should inquire what the deuce he meant by making his appearance when I had not rung my bell. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The advertisement directed us to apply to Mrs. Crupp on the premises, and we rung the area bell, which we supposed to communicate with Mrs. Crupp. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When this was pulled down, the bell in the kitchen must have rung loudly, he remarked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The presence just gone from us would have been her theme; and how she would have rung the changes on one topic! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Ere long, a voice, issuing from the corner, demanded--May the bell be rung for Harriet! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He had got well started up the rungs of the ladder he planned to climb. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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