Rung

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rod or bar forming a step of a ladder.
  • n. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
  • n. The spoke in a wheel.
  • n. Nautical One of the spokes or handles on a ship's wheel.
  • n. A level or degree in a hierarchy: a middle manager awaiting a promotion to the next rung.
  • v. Past participle of ring2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
  • n. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
  • n. A floor timber in a ship.
  • 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.
  • n. One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
  • v. Past participle of ring
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A rod or bar; a heavy staff; hence, a cudgel; a club.
  • n. Specifically A round or step of a ladder.
  • n. One of the bars of a windmill-sail.
  • n. A spoke or bar of a wallower or lantern-wheel; a rundle.
  • n. Nautical: One of the projecting handles of a steering-wheel.
  • n. A floor-timber in a ship.
  • n. Preterit and past participle of ring.
  • Ringed; having a ring through the snout, as a hog.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
  • n. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crosspiece   
    Variant
    ring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spar    stick    round    roundle    rundle    spoke    stave    degree   
    Verb Stem
    ring   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sung    Young    among    bung    clung    dung    flung    fung    hung    lung