rung : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rung	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rung
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rung n a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round, stave] one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder Synonym(s): rundle, spoke, rung
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung} (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. 3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells. {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}. {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson. {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rung \Rung\, imp. & p. p. of {Ring}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rung \Rung\, n. [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icel. r[94]ng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.] 1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship. 2. One of the rounds of a ladder. 3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff. 4. (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.