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rynge

rynge is the obsolete spelling of ring.

rynge is the obsolete spelling of range.

rynge is the obsolete spelling of reign.

Meaning of ring

Noun

ring (plural rings)

  1. (physical) A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
    Synonyms:
    annulus, hoop, torus
  2. (physical) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
    • His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement.
  3. (UK, physical) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
  4. (UK, physical) A burner on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop.
  5. (physical) A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
    • onion rings
  6. (physical) In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.

See all 54 meanings of ring

Meaning of range

Verb

range (third-person singular simple present ranges, present participle ranging, simple past and past participle ranged)

  1. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
  2. (transitive) To rove over or through.
    • to range the fields
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.
    • The soule is variable in all manner of formes, and rangeth to her selfe, and to her estate, whatsoever it be, the senses of the body, and all other accidents.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  4. (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
    • At last we gained such an offing, that the two pilots were needed no longer. The stout sail-boat that had accompanied us began ranging alongside.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 22”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
  5. (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
    • The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
    Synonyms:
    run
  6. (transitive) To classify.
    • to range plants and animals in genera and species

See all 40 meanings of range

Forms of rynge

pluralrynges

Questions about rynge

What is rynge the obsolete spelling of?
Rynge is the obsolete spelling of ring.

Words near rynge in the dictionary

  1. Rynearson
  2. Rynearsons
  3. Ryner
  4. Ryners
  5. rynersonite
  6. rynge
  7. rynges
  8. Rynn
  9. rynt
  10. ryo
  11. ryoboku

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rynge (page history and authors); ring (page history and authors); range (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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