1. rung - Noun
2. rung - Adjective
3. rung - Verb
Derived from ring
5. Rung - Proper noun
of Ring
imp. & p. p. of Ring.
A floor timber in a ship.
One of the rounds of a ladder.
One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. Henry Ward Beecher
The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought. Havelock Ellis
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels. P. G. Wodehouse
We have done with Hope and Honour. we are lost to Love and Truth, We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth. God help us, for we knew the worst too young. Rudyard Kipling
Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung. Henry Ward Beecher
On the ladder to success there is always somebody on the rung above you and who uses your head to steady himself. Icelandic Proverb