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round

1  [round] adjective, -er, -est, noun, adverb, preposition, verb
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–adjective
1. having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
2. ring-shaped, as a hoop.
3. curved like part of a circle, as an outline.
4. having a circular cross section, as a cylinder; cylindrical.
5. spherical or globular, as a ball.
6. shaped more or less like a part of a sphere; hemispherical.
7. free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes, as handwriting or parts of the body.
8. executed with or involving circular motion.
9. full, complete, or entire: a round dozen.
10. noting, formed, or expressed by an integer or whole number with no fraction.
11. expressed, given, or exact to the nearest multiple or power of ten; in tens, hundreds, thousands, or the like: in round numbers.
12. roughly correct; approximate: a round guess.
13. considerable in amount; ample: a round sum of money.
14. brought to completeness or perfection.
15. full and sonorous, as sound.
16. vigorous or brisk: a round trot.
17. straightforward, plain, or candid; outspoken: a round scolding.
18. positive or unqualified: a round assertion.
–noun
19. any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
20. a circular, ring-shaped, curved, or spherical object; a rounded form.
21. something circular in cross section, as a rung of a ladder or chair.
22. Sometimes, rounds. a completed course of time, series of events or operations, etc., ending at a point corresponding to that at the beginning: We waited through the round of many years.
23. any complete course, series, or succession: The strike was settled after a long round of talks; a round of parties.
24. Often, rounds. a going around from place to place, as in a habitual or definite circuit: a doctor's rounds.
25. a completed course or spell of activity, commonly one of a series, in some play or sport: the second round of a tournament.
26. a recurring period of time, succession of events, duties, etc.: the daily round.
27. an entire range: the round of human capabilities.
28. a single outburst, as of applause or cheers.
29. a single discharge of shot by each of a number of guns, rifles, etc.
30. a single discharge by one firearm.
31. a charge of ammunition for a single shot.
32. a single serving, esp. of drink, made more or less simultaneously to everyone present, as at table or at a bar: The next round is on me.
33. round dance.
34. movement in a circle or around an axis.
35. Cookery.
a. Also, round of beef. the portion of the thigh of beef below the rump and above the leg.
b. Informal. round steak.
36. a slice, as of bread.
37. Archery. a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance from the target in accordance with the rules.
38. one of a series of three-minute periods making up a boxing match: a 15-round bout.
39. Music.
a. a short, rhythmical canon at the unison, in which the several voices enter at equally spaced intervals of time.
b. rounds, the order followed in ringing a peal of bells in diatonic sequence from the highest to the lowest.
40. Golf. a playing of the complete course.
41. Cards. a division of play in a game, consisting of a turn each for every player to bid, bet, play a card, deal the cards, or be dealt cards.
–adverb
42. throughout or from the beginning to the end of a recurring period of time: all year round.
43. Also, 'round. around: The music goes round and round.
–preposition
44. throughout (a period of time): a resort visited all round the year.
45. around: It happened round noon.
–verb (used with object)
46. to make round.
47. to free from angularity; fill out symmetrically; make plump.
48. to bring to completeness or perfection; finish.
49. Jewelry. to form (a gem) roughly (sometimes fol. by up); girdle.
50. to end (a sentence, paragraph, etc.) with something specified: He rounded his speech with a particularly apt quotation.
51. to encircle or surround.
52. to make a complete circuit of; pass completely around.
53. to make a turn or partial circuit around or to the other side of: to round a corner.
54. to cause to move in a circle; turn around.
55. Phonetics.
a. to make the opening at (the lips) relatively round or pursed during an utterance.
b. to pronounce (a speech sound, esp. a vowel) with rounded lips; labialize.
c. to contract (the lips) laterally. Compare spread (def. 14), unround.
56. Mathematics. to replace by the nearest multiple of 10, with 5 being increased to the next highest multiple: 15,837 can be rounded to 15,840; then to 15,800; then to 16,000.
–verb (used without object)
57. to become round.
58. to become free from angularity; become plump.
59. to develop to completeness or perfection.
60. to take a circular course; make a circuit, as a guard.
61. to make a turn or partial circuit around something.
62. to turn around as on an axis: to round on one's heels.
63. to reduce successively the number of digits to the right of the decimal point of a mixed number by dropping the final digit and adding 1 to the next preceding digit if the dropped digit was 5 or greater, or leaving the preceding digit unchanged if the dropped digit was 4 or less.
—Verb phrases
64. round off,
a. to complete or perfect; finish.
b. to express as a round number, usually to the nearest multiple of 10.
65. round out,
a. to complete or perfect: The new coin rounded out his collection.
b. to fill out; become rounder: She rounded out so nicely that everyone soon forgot she had been so ill.
66. round to, Nautical. to turn a sailing vessel in the direction from which the wind is blowing.
67. round up,
a. to drive or bring (cattle, sheep, etc.) together.
b. to assemble; gather: to round up all the suspects in an investigation.
—Idioms
68. in the round,
a. (of a theater) having a stage completely surrounded by seats for the audience.
b. in the style of theater-in-the-round: The play should be done in the round.
c. in complete detail; from all aspects: a character as seen in the round.
d. (of sculpture) not attached to a supporting background; freestanding.
69. make the rounds,
a. to go from one place to another, as in making deliveries, paying social visits, or seeking employment.
b. Also, go the rounds. to be reported or told; circulate: another rumor making the rounds.
Origin:
1250–1300; (adj.) ME rond, round < OF, s. of ront, earlier reont < L rotundus round, circular (see rotund ); (n.) ME, partly deriv. of the adj., partly < OF rond, ronde (deriv. of ront); (v.) ME, deriv. of the adj.; (adv. and prep.) ME, appar. aph. var. of around

Related forms:
roundness, noun

Synonyms:
9. whole, unbroken. 20. cylinder. 22. cycle, revolution, period.

Antonyms:
1. angular.
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round 1   (round)   
adj.   round·er, round·est

    1. Being such that every part of the surface or the circumference is equidistant from the center: a round ball.

    2. Moving in or forming a circle.

    3. Shaped like a cylinder; cylindrical.

    4. Rather rounded in shape: the child's round face.

    5. Full in physique; plump: a round figure.

    6. Linguistics Formed or articulated with the lips in a rounded shape: a round vowel.

    7. Full in tone; sonorous.

    8. Mathematics Expressed or designated as a whole number or integer; not fractional.

    9. Not exact; approximate: a round estimate.

    10. Outspoken; blunt: a round scolding.

    11. Done with full force; unrestrained: gave me a round thrashing.

    1. Linguistics Formed or articulated with the lips in a rounded shape: a round vowel.

    2. Full in tone; sonorous.

    3. Mathematics Expressed or designated as a whole number or integer; not fractional.

    4. Not exact; approximate: a round estimate.

    5. Outspoken; blunt: a round scolding.

    6. Done with full force; unrestrained: gave me a round thrashing.

  3. Whole or complete; full: a round dozen.

    1. Mathematics Expressed or designated as a whole number or integer; not fractional.

    2. Not exact; approximate: a round estimate.

    3. Outspoken; blunt: a round scolding.

    4. Done with full force; unrestrained: gave me a round thrashing.

  5. Large; considerable: a round sum of money.

  6. Brought to satisfactory conclusion or completion; finished.

    1. Outspoken; blunt: a round scolding.

    2. Done with full force; unrestrained: gave me a round thrashing.

n.  

    1. Something, such as a circle, disk, globe, or ring, that is round.

    2. A circle formed of various things.

    3. Movement around a circle or about an axis.

    4. A complete course, succession, or series: a round of parties; a round of negotiations.

    5. A course of customary or prescribed actions, duties, or places. Often used in the plural: physicians' rounds.

    6. A single shot or volley.

    7. Ammunition for a single shot or volley.

  2. A rung or crossbar, as one on a ladder or chair.

  3. A cut of beef from the part of the thigh between the rump and the shank.

  4. An assembly of people; a group.

  5. A round dance.

    1. A complete course, succession, or series: a round of parties; a round of negotiations.

    2. A course of customary or prescribed actions, duties, or places. Often used in the plural: physicians' rounds.

    3. A single shot or volley.

    4. Ammunition for a single shot or volley.

  7. A complete range or extent.

  8. One drink for each person in a gathering or group: Let me buy the next round.

  9. A single outburst, as of applause or cheering.

    1. A single shot or volley.

    2. Ammunition for a single shot or volley.

  11. A specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance to a target in archery.

  12. Sports & Games A unit of play that occupies a specified time, constitutes a certain number of plays, or allows each player a turn, especially the 18-hole sequence played in golf or one of the periods in a boxing match.

  13. Music A composition for two or more voices in which each voice enters at a different time with the same melody.

v.   round·ed, round·ing, rounds

v.   tr.

  1. To make round. See Synonyms at bend1.

  2. To encompass; surround.

  3. To cause to proceed or move in a circular course.

  4. Linguistics To pronounce with rounded lips; labialize.

  5. To fill out; make plump.

  6. To bring to completion or perfection; finish.

  7. Mathematics To express as a round number: The number 1.64 can be rounded to 1.6 or to 2.

  8. To make a complete circuit of; go or pass around.

  9. To make a turn about or to the other side of: rounded a bend in the road.

v.   intr.

  1. To become round.

  2. To take a circular course; complete or partially complete a circuit: racecars rounding into the final lap.

  3. To turn about, as on an axis; reverse.

  4. To become curved, filled out, or plump.

  5. To come to satisfactory completion or perfection.

adv.  

  1. In a circular progression or movement; around.

  2. With revolutions: wheels moving round.

  3. To a specific place or person: called round for the pastor; sent round for the veterinarian.

prep.  

  1. Around.

  2. From the beginning to the end of; throughout: a plant that grows round the year.

  3. To seek out and bring together; gather.

  4. To herd (cattle) together from various places.

Phrasal Verb(s):
round onTo turn on and assail.
round up

  1. To seek out and bring together; gather.

  2. To herd (cattle) together from various places.


Idiom(s):
in the round

  1. With the stage in the center of the audience.

  2. Fully shaped so as to stand free of a background: a sculpture in the round.


Idiom(s):
make/go the rounds

  1. To go from place to place, as on business or for entertainment: a delivery truck making the rounds; students going the rounds in the entertainment district.

  2. To be communicated or passed from person to person: The news quickly made the rounds. A piece of juicy gossip is going the rounds.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman rounde, variant of Old French rond, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *retundus, from Latin rotundus, from rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]
round'ness n.
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Cultural Dictionary

round

A song that can be begun at different times by different singers, but with harmonious singing (see harmony) as the result. “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” is a round.

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Word Origin & History

round  (v.)
c.1375, "to make round," from round (adj.). Meaning "to approximate a number" is from 1934. Round up "to collect in a mass" is from 1615; specifically of livestock from 1847; round-up (n.) "cattle drive" is from 1873;
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: round
Pronunciation: 'raund
Function: intransitive verb
: to go on rounds
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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