round

adjective round round · more round · most round · rounder · roundest · around

1. physical Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction. We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
2. physical Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction. The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.

   Similar: spherical

3. physical Loosely or approximately circular. a round belly

   Similar: circular, cylindrical, discoid

4. physical Plump. He was tall and thin but his wife was short and round.

   Similar: plump, rotund

5. Complete, whole, not lacking. The baker sold us a round dozen.

   Similar: rounded, complete, entire, whole

6. of a number Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero. One hundred is a nice round number.

   Similar: rounded

7. Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded. "Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.)

   Similar: rounded

8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words. a round answer
9. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style. In his satires Horace is quick, round, and[…]pleasant.
10. obsolete Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct. Round dealing is the honour of man's nature.
11. Large in magnitude. I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum.
12. of a fictional character Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.

    Opposite: flat

13. Vaulted.
14. Returning to its starting point. round trip, round journey, round walk

noun rounds · around · ron

1. A circular or spherical object or part of an object. in labyrinth of many a round self-rolled
2. A circular or repetitious route. hospital rounds
3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event. The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
4. countable A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.

   Similar: canon

5. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group. They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.
6. A single individual portion or dose of medicine. Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.
7. UK One slice of bread. For breakfast I had two rounds of toast and a mug of tea.
8. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
9. A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
10. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
11. One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop. And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles
12. A stage in a competition. qualifying rounds of the championship
13. In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
14. A stage or level of a game. When the player uses one shell to complete a round within 50 seconds, it vanishes forever. At the end of two successful rounds, for instance, the player has only two shells to pick from during docking.
15. The play after each deal.
16. A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
17. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes. All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices.
18. The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.

    Similar: rump

19. dated A rung, as of a ladder. All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise.
20. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
21. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution. the round of the seasons    a round of pleasures
22. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. Women to cards may be compar'd: we play ¶ A round or two; when us'd, we throw away.
23. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask; […]

    Similar: routine

24. A circular dance. Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round.
25. Rotation, as in office; succession. A Cave[…], Where light and darkness in perpetual round Lodge and dislodge by turns.
26. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
27. An assembly; a group; a circle. a round of politicians
28. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
29. archaic A vessel filled, as for drinking.
30. A round-top.

Opposite: fillet

preposition around · ron

1. alternative, rare, in US Alternative form of around I look round the room quickly to make sure it's neat.
2. alternative, used postpositively Alternative form of around The farmer fed his cow hay all the year round.

adverb around · ron

1. alternative, not comparable Alternative form of around The invitations were sent round accordingly.

verb rounds · rounding · rounded · around · ron

1. transitive To shape something into a curve. The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
2. intransitive To become shaped into a curve. The girl's figure, he perceived, was admirably proportioned; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence.
3. with "out" To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out. She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
4. intransitive, transitive To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up. The exact amount was $101.65, but we rounded it to $100.
5. transitive To turn past a boundary. Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
6. intransitive To turn and attack someone or something (used with on). As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
7. transitive To advance to home plate. And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
8. transitive To go round, pass, go past. Diouf rounded Zaluska near the byeline and crossed but Daniel Majstorovic headed away and Celtic eventually mopped up the danger.
9. To encircle; to encompass. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow.

   Similar: surround

10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. The queen your mother rounds apace.
11. colloquial To do ward rounds.
12. intransitive, obsolete To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds. They […] nightly rounding walk.
13. intransitive, obsolete To go or turn round; to wheel about.

verb rounds · rounding · rounded · around · ron

1. Northern England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal, intransitive To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
2. Northern England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal, transitive To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper. rounded in the ear

noun rounds · around · ron

1. Northern England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal A whisper; whispering.
2. Northern England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal Discourse; song.

proper noun Rounds

1. A surname.