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   Round

   /round/

   

   adjective

   • 1. shaped like or approximately like a circle or cylinder: "she was seated at a small, round table" Similar circulardisk-shapeddisk-likering-shapedhoop-shapedhooplikeannularsphericalglobularball-shapedglobe-shapedorb-shapedorblikecylindricalbulbousbulb-shapedballoon-likeconvexcurvedcurvilinearroundedrotundtechnical:cycloidaldiscoiddiscoidalspheroidspheroidalrare:globategloboseorbicularorbiculate
   • ▪ having a curved shape like part of the circumference of a circle: "round arches"
   • 2. shaped like or approximately like a sphere: "a round glass ball"
   • ▪ (of a person's body) plump: "he could move quickly despite his round physique" Similar plumpchubbyfatstoutrotundroly-polyfattishportlydumpychunkybroad in the beamoverweightheavypot-belliedbeer-belliedpaunchyFalstaffianbuxomwell upholsteredwell coveredwell paddedof ample proportionsampleroundedwell roundedfullflabbyfleshybulkycorpulentobeseinformal:tubbypudgybeefyporkyblubberypoddypodgyfubsylard-arsedzaftigcorn-fedarchaic:pursyrare:abdominousOpposite thinslenderskinny
   • ▪ having a curved surface with no sharp or jagged projections: "the boulders look round and smooth"
   • 3. (of a voice) rich and mellow; not harsh: "his rich, round voice went down well with the listeners" Similar sonorousresonantrichfullfull-tonedfull-bodiedmellowmellifluousroundedreverberantorotundrare:pear-shapedcanorousOpposite harshthinreedy
   • 4. (of a number) altered for convenience of expression or calculation, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten or five: "the size of the fleet is given in round numbers"
   • ▪ used to show that a figure has been completely and exactly reached: "a round dozen" Similar completeentirewholefullundividedunbroken
   • ▪ (of a sum of money) considerable: archaic "his business is worth a round sum to me"
   • 5. (of a person or their manner of speaking) not omitting or disguising anything; frank and truthful: "she berated him in good round terms" Similar candidfrankdirecthonesttruthfulstraightforwardplainplain-spokenbluntoutspokenforthrightdownrightunvarnishedbaldstraight from the shoulderexplicitunequivocalinformal:upfrontnot pulling any punchesnot beating around the busharchaic:free-spokenOpposite evasive

   noun

   • 1. a circular piece of a particular substance: "cut the pastry into rounds" Similar circlediskcircletringhoopbandballsphereglobeorbbeadtechnical:annulus
   • ▪ a thick disk of beef cut from the haunch as a joint.
   • 2. an act of visiting each of a number of people or places: "she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye"
   • ▪ a tour of inspection, typically repeated regularly, in which the safety or well-being of those visited is checked: "the doctor is just making his rounds in the wards" Similar circuitbeatcourseroutetourturn
   • 3. one of a sequence of sessions or groups of related actions or events, typically such that development or progress can be seen between one group and another: "the two sides held three rounds of talks"
   • ▪ a division of a contest such as a boxing or wrestling match.
   • ▪ one of a succession of stages in a sporting contest or other competition, in each of which more candidates are eliminated: "the playoffs in the second round" Similar stagelevelheatgamelapboutcontest
   • ▪ an act of playing all the holes in a golf course once: "Eileen enjoys the occasional round of golf"
   • 4. a regularly recurring sequence of activities or functions: "their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry" Similar successionsequenceseriescycle
   • ▪ 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: "it's my round"
   • 5. a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon.
   • 6. the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot: "the gun can fire 30 rounds a second" Similar bulletcartridgeshellshot
   • ▪ a fixed number of arrows shot from a fixed distance.

   adverb

   • 1. variant of around British

   preposition

   • 1. variant of around British

   verb

   • 1. pass and go around (something) so as to move on in a changed direction: "the ship rounded the cape and sailed north"
   • 2. alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations: "we'll round the weight up to the nearest pound"
   • 3. give a round shape to: "a lathe that rounded chair legs"
   • ▪ become circular in shape: "her eyes rounded in dismay"
   • ▪ pronounce (a vowel) with the lips narrowed and protruded: "the actor's uneven attempt to round the vowels of his midwestern twang"

   Word Origin Middle English: from the Old French stem round-, from a variant of Latin rotundus ‘rotund’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. roundish adjective
   • 2. roundness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • Middle English round, rounde "spherical, circular, rounded," borrowed from Anglo-French reund, rund, rount, going back to Vulgar Latin *retundus, altered (by presumed vowel dissimilation) from Latin rotundus — more at rotund

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   • 1. a. Being such that every part of the surface or the circumference is equidistant from the center: a round ball. b. Moving in or forming a circle. c. Shaped like a cylinder; cylindrical. d. Rather rounded in shape: the child's round face. e. Full in physique; plump: a round figure. 2. a.

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   Round things are either shaped like circles or have curves, like a baby's round belly or a round basketball.

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