ring-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause to) make a loud, sonorous sound, like a bell

Commentary:
NOTE: includes abstract uses.

Examples:
The bells in the clock tower ring every hour, on the hour.
The halls rang with laughter.
He rang the bell three times before someone came to the door.
The Great Famine of 1845-47 is reputed to have rung the death knell for the Irish language.

Mappings:
VerbNet: sound_emission-43.2
FrameNet: Make_noise,Cause_to_make_noise
PropBank: ring.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
ring_out 1

Sense Number 2: surround

Examples:
Trees ring the park.
Heavily armed policemen ringed the compound.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8,contiguous_location-47.8
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: ring.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 3: identify by attaching a ring to

Examples:
Once you have ringed the bird you write down the ring number and the species of bird.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 4: telephone

Examples:
Did you ring your mother when you got home?
I'll ring up the pharmacy for you.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Contacting
PropBank: ring.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: RING A BELL: vaguely trigger a memory

Examples:
Greg Baker? That name rings a bell.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Evoking
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 6: record a sale on a cash register

Commentary: Is: RING UP

Examples:
She rang up the groceries .

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: ring.03