Round

[raʊnd]

Definition

(noun.) the usual activities in your day; 'the doctor made his rounds'.

(noun.) (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); 'the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning'; 'the postman's rounds'; 'we enjoyed our round of the local bars'.

(noun.) a charge of ammunition for a single shot.

(noun.) an outburst of applause; 'there was a round of applause'.

(noun.) a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; 'they enjoyed singing rounds'.

(noun.) a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg.

(noun.) a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); 'he ordered a second round'.

(noun.) the course along which communications spread; 'the story is going the rounds in Washington'.

(verb.) become round, plump, or shapely; 'The young woman is fleshing out'.

(verb.) make round; 'round the edges'.

(verb.) pronounce with rounded lips.

(verb.) wind around; move along a circular course; 'round the bend'.

(adj.) (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; 'in round numbers' .

(adj.) having a circular shape .

(adv.) from beginning to end; throughout; 'It rains all year round on Skye'; 'frigid weather the year around'.

Typist: Melba--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i. & t.) To whisper.

(a.) 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.

(a.) Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.

(a.) 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.

(a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.

(a.) Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.

(a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.

(a.) 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.

(a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.

(a.) Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.

(a.) Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.

(n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].

(n.) 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.

(n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

(n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

(n.) A circular dance.

(n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.

(n.) Rotation, as in office; succession.

(n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.

(n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.

(n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

(n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking.

(n.) An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.

(n.) See Roundtop.

(n.) Same as Round of beef, below.

(adv.) On all sides; around.

(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.

(adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.

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

(adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.

(adv.) Through a circle, as of friends or houses.

(adv.) Roundly; fully; vigorously.

(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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.

(v. t.) To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.

(v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

(v. t.) To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.

(v. i.) To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

(v. i.) To go round, as a guard.

(v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Checker: Merle

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Circular.[2]. Spherical, globular, orbicular, rotund.[3]. Cylindrical.[4]. Full, complete, entire, unbroken.[5]. Large, great, considerable.[6]. Plump, chubby, bonny, corpulent, stout.

n. [1]. Cycle, periodical revolution.[2]. Circular dance.[3]. Rundle, step.[4]. Circuit, compass, perambulation, tour.[5]. Rung (of a ladder).

ad. [1]. Around, on all sides.[2]. Circularly, in a circle, in a circuit.

prep. [1]. Around, encircling, about, encompassing, surrounding, on every side of.[2]. All over, in all parts of.

Typed by Clyde

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Circular, globular, spherical, entire, complete, rotund, smooth, plump

ANT:Flat, angular, concave

Editor: Whitney

Definition

v.t. (Spens.) to address in a whisper.

adj. circular: globular: cylindrical: whole: complete: plump: large: not inconsiderable as a sum: whole unbroken: smooth-flowing continuous as a sound: full expressive: open: plain: positive: bold brisk without hesitation or delicacy plain-spoken: candid as a 'round unvarnished tale': severe: well turned in a literary sense: periodic: (archit.) vaulted.—adv. on all sides: every way: circularly: in a revolution: from one side or party to another: not in a direct line circuitously: in a round manner: from beginning to end.—prep. around: on every side of: all over.—n. that which is round: a circle or globe: a series of actions: the time of such a series: a turn: routine: revolution: cycle: an accustomed walk: a rundle or step of a ladder: a song or dance having a frequent return to the same point: a volley or general discharge of firearms a single charge of ammunition for a musket or field-piece: that in which a whole company takes part as a treat of liquor &c.: prescribed circuit as a policeman's round: the whole scope as the round of science: one of a series as rounds of applause: a bout in a boxing match: a brewer's vessel for holding beer while undergoing fermentation.—v.t. to make round: to surround: to go round: to complete: to make full and flowing: to encircle: to make a course round.—v.i. to grow or become round or full: to go round: to go the rounds as a guard.—adj. Round′about encircling: circuitous: indirect.—n. a horizontal revolving wheel on which children ride: a round-dance: a short jacket.—adv. Round′aboutly.—ns. Round′aboutness; Round′-all an acrobatic feat.—adjs. Round′-arched of a style characterised by semicircular arches; Round′-arm in cricket swinging the arm more or less horizontally; Round′-backed having a round or curved back: round-shouldered; Round′-crest′ed fan-crested.—ns. Round′-dance a dance in a circle or in which the couples wheel; Round′er one that frequents a place: a tool for making an edge round: (pl.) an English game out of which base-ball grew played with a small ball and a bat about two feet long.—adj. Round′-faced having a round face.—ns. Round′-fish the common carp: the shadwaiter; Round′hand a style of penmanship in which the letters are well rounded and free; Round′head a Puritan so called in the time of Charles I. from the Puritan fashion of having the hair cut close to the head.—adj. Round′headed.—ns. Round′-house in ships a cabin or house on the after-part of the quarterdeck: on American railways an engine-house; Round′ing in bookbinding the shaping the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back; Round′ing-machine′ various machines for producing round forms as a machine for sawing out circular heads for casks; Round′ing-plane a woodworking tool for rounding the handles of rakes &c.; Round′ing-tool an instrument used in forging for rounding a rod: a kind of draw-plate in saddlery for shaping round leather straps; Round′-ī′ron a plumber's tool for finishing soldered work.—adj. Round′ish somewhat round.—ns. Round′ishness; Round′le (Spens.) a roundelay; Round′let a little circle.—adv. Round′ly in a round manner: fully: completely: boldly: openly: plainly: briskly: generally.—adj. Round′-mouthed (zool.) having a mouth without any lower jaw.—n. Round′ness quality of being round globular or cylindrical: cylindrical form: fullness: smoothness of flow: plainness: boldness: a kind of muff.—n.pl. Round′-num′bers an indefinite or approximate statement of a number as a population say of 10 000.—v.t. Round′-ridge to plough into round ridges.—ns. Rounds′man (U.S.) a policeman who acts as inspector; Round′-stone small stones used for paving; Round′-tā′ble the group of twelve knights the bravest of all the throng who form the centre of the mythical King Arthur's retinue sitting with the king at a round table; Round′-top a round platform at the mast-head.—n.pl. Round′-tow′ers tall narrow circular towers tapering gradually from the base to the summit found abundantly in Ireland and occasionally in Scotland now generally believed to be the work of Christian architects and built for religious purposes.—n. Round′-up the forming of upward curves: the bringing together of all the cattle in a ranch: a finishing of an arrangement: the convexity of a deck.—adj. Round′-winged having rounded wings as some British moths.—n. Round′-worm one of a class of worms (Nematoda) in which the body is elongated and more or less cylindrical most of them parasitic—opposed to the flatworms or Plathelminthes such as tapeworms and flukes.—Round about in an opposite direction: an emphatic form of round; Round of beef a cut of the thigh through and across the bone; Round off to finish completely; Round to to turn the head of a ship to the wind.—All round in all respects; Bring round (see Bring); Come round (see Come); Scold roundly to bring to book.

Edited by Cecilia