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Rounds; Rounded; Rounding (disambiguation); Round (disambiguation)

round

I. a.

Circular.

Spherical, globular, orbicular, rotund, orbed.

Cylindrical.

Full, complete, entire, unbroken, whole.

Large, great, considerable.

Plump, chubby, corpulent, stout, full, swelling.

Smooth, continuous, flowing, full, harmonious.

Quick, brisk, full.

Plain, fair, candid, open, upright, honest, frank.

II. n.

Cycle, revolution.

Circular dance.

Circle, sphere, cylinder, globe.

Rotation, established succession.

Rundle, step.

Circuit, compass, perambulation, tour.

Rung (of a ladder).

III. ad.

Around, on all sides.

Circularly, in a circle, in a circuit.

Not directly, circuitously.

In circumference.

Through a circle.

From first to last.

IV. prep.

Around, circularly, about.

All over, in all parts of.

V. v. a.

Make circular, make spherical, make cylindrical.

Surround, encircle, encompass.

Make full, finish off, make complete.

Move about, go round.

Make full, make smooth.

round

¦ adjective

1. shaped like a circle or cylinder.

2. shaped like a sphere.

having a curved surface with no sharp projections.

3. (of a person's shoulders) bent forward.

4. (of a voice) rich and mellow.

5. (of a number) expressed in convenient units rather than exactly, for example to the nearest whole number.

used to show that a figure has been completely and exactly reached: the batsman made a round 100.

archaic (of a sum of money) considerable.

6. frank and truthful: she berated him in good round terms.

¦ noun

1. a circular piece or section.

2. an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn, especially in a fixed order as part of one's duties: a newspaper round.

a regularly recurring sequence of activities.

3. each of a sequence of sessions in a process, especially in a sports contest.

a single division of a game or contest, especially in a boxing or wrestling match.

an act of playing all the holes in a golf course once.

4. a set of drinks bought for all the members of a group, typically as part of a sequence in which each member in turn buys such a set.

5. Music a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another.

6. Brit. a slice of bread.

the quantity of sandwiches made from two slices of bread.

7. the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot.

Archery a fixed number of arrows shot from a fixed distance.

¦ adverb chiefly Brit.

1. so as to rotate or cause rotation.

so as to cover the whole area surrounding a particular centre.

2. so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction.

used in describing the relative position of something: the sections are the wrong way round.

3. so as to surround.

so as to give support.

4. so as to reach a new place or position.

5. used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity.

¦ preposition chiefly Brit.

1. on every side of (a focal point).

2. so as to encircle.

3. from or on the other side of.

4. so as to cover the whole of.

¦ verb

1. pass and go round.

2. make (a figure) less exact but more convenient for calculations: we'll round the weight up to the nearest kilo.

3. become or cause to become round in shape.

4. Phonetics pronounce (a vowel) with the lips narrowed and protruded.

Phrases

go the round (or rounds) be passed on from person to person.

in the round

1. (of sculpture) standing free, rather than carved in relief.

2. (of theatre) with the audience placed on at least three sides of the stage.

3. with all aspects shown.

Phrasal verbs

round something off

1. make the edges of something smooth.

2. complete something in a satisfying or suitable way.

round on make a sudden attack on.

round someone/thing up drive or collect a number of people or animals together.

Derivatives

roundish adjective

roundness noun

Origin

ME: from the OFr. stem round-, from a var. of L. rotundus 'rotund'.

Usage

In British English the adverbs and prepositions round and around are interchangeable in many contexts. There is, however, a general preference for round to be used for definite, specific movement (she turned round), while around tends to be used in contexts which are less definite (she wandered around for ages; a rumour circulating around the cocktail bars). In US English, however, the normal form in most contexts is around; round is only standard in certain fixed expressions, as in all year round and they went round and round in circles.

Round

·noun A circular dance.

II. Round ·adv On all sides; around.

III. Round ·vi To go round, as a guard.

IV. Round ·adv Roundly; fully; vigorously.

V. Round ·noun A vessel filled, as for drinking.

VI. Round ·noun ·see Roundtop.

VII. Round ·noun Rotation, as in office; succession.

VIII. Round ·noun ·same·as Round of beef, below.

IX. Round ·vi To go or turn round; to wheel about.

X. Round ·adv Through a circle, as of friends or houses.

XI. Round ·vi & ·vt To Whisper.

XII. Round ·adv In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.

XIII. Round ·adj Complete and consistent; fair; just;

- applied to conduct.

XIV. Round ·noun An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.

XV. Round ·adj Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.

XVI. Round ·vt To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.

XVII. Round ·adj Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.

XVIII. Round ·noun That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.

XIX. Round ·noun Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].

XX. Round ·noun A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

XXI. Round ·adj Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.

XXII. Round ·vi To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

XXIII. Round ·noun A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.

XXIV. Round ·adv By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.

XXV. Round ·noun A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

XXVI. Round ·noun Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.

XXVII. Round ·adj Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.

XXVIII. Round ·noun The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.

XXIX. Round ·adv From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, - that is, to change sides or opinions.

XXX. Round ·vt To Surround; to Encircle; to Encompass.

XXXI. Round ·vt To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

XXXII. Round ·vt To bring to fullness or completeness; to Complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.

XXXIII. Round ·noun A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

XXXIV. Round ·adj Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ·etc.;

- said of numbers.

XXXV. Round ·noun A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.

XXXVI. Round ·noun The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.

XXXVII. Round ·adj Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished;

- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.

XXXVIII. Round ·adv Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.

XXXIX. Round ·vt To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.

XL. Round ·prep On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.

XLI. Round ·adj Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. ·see Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.

XLII. Round ·noun A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.

XLIII. Round ·noun A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.

XLIV. Round ·adj Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.

XLV. Round ·adj Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.

XLVI. Round ·noun A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty;

- usually in the plural.