round | |
1. adj. (physical) Shape. | |
2. adj. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction. | |
We sat at a round table to make conversation easier. | |
3. adj. 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. | |
4. adj. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves. | |
Our child's bed has round corners for safety. | |
5. adj. Plump. | |
6. adj. Complete, whole, not lacking. | |
The baker sold us a round dozen. | |
7. adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero. | |
One hundred is a nice round number. | |
8. adj. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together. | |
9. adj. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing. | |
a round answer; a round oath | |
10. adj. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style. | |
11. adj. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct. | |
12. adj. Large in magnitude. | |
a round sum | |
13. adj. (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person. | |
14. n. A circular or spherical object or part of an object. | |
15. n. A circular or repetitious route. | |
hospital rounds | |
The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon. | |
16. n. A general outburst from a group of people at an event. | |
The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two. | |
17. n. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time. | |
18. n. 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. | |
19. n. A single individual portion or dose of medicine. | |
20. n. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling). | |
21. n. (arts) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting. | |
22. n. 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. | |
23. n. (sports) 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. | |
24. n. (sports) A stage in a competition. | |
qualifying rounds of the championship | |
25. n. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course. | |
26. n. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges. | |
27. n. 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. | |
28. n. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine. | |
29. n. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder. | |
30. n. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair. | |
31. n. 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 | |
32. 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. | |
33. n. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. | |
34. n. A circular dance. | |
35. n. Rotation, as in office; succession. | |
36. n. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. | |
37. n. An assembly; a group; a circle. | |
a round of politicians | |
38. n. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. | |
39. n. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking. | |
40. n. (nautical) A round-top. | |
41. n. A round of beef. | |
42. prep. (rare in US) alternative form of around | |
I look round the room quickly to make sure it's neat. | |
43. adv. alternative form of around | |
44. v. To shape something into a curve. | |
The carpenter rounded the edges of the table. | |
45. v. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve. | |
46. v. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out. | |
She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class. | |
47. v. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number. | |
Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred. | |
48. v. To turn past a boundary. | |
Helen watched him until he rounded the corner. | |
49. v. (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. | |
50. v. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate. | |
And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones. | |
51. v. To go round, pass, go past. | |
52. v. To encircle; to encompass. | |
53. v. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. | |
54. v. (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds. | |
55. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds. | |
56. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about. | |
57. v. (intransitive, archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel. | |
58. v. (transitive, archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper. | |
59. n. (archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering. | |
60. n. (archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song. | |