Definition of round in English English dictionary
- To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper
- To turn and attack someone or thing
As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
- A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges
- A stage in a competition
qualifying rounds of the championship.
- A whisper; whispering
- 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
- 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
- To shape something into a curve
The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
- An general outburst from a group of people at an event
The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
- 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.
- A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting
- To turn past a boundary
Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
- Complete, whole, not lacking
The baker sold us a round dozen.
- In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course
- The hindquarters of a bovine
- A circular object
All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place.
- Discourse; song
- 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.
- To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel
- A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time
- To finish; to complete; to fill out
She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
- 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.
- 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.
- A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds
The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves
Our child's bed has round corners for safety.
- To advance to home plate
And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
- Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero
One hundred is a nice round number.
- Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O"
- To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number
Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.
- Alternative form of around
I look round the room quick to make sure it's neat looking.
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction
We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
- Plump
- {a} like circle, every way
- {v} to make or go round, surround, raise
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once
- Describes flavours and tactile sensations giving a feeling of completeness with no dominating characteristic Almost the same as fat, but with more approval Tannin, acid and glycerin are sufficiently present but appear as nuances rather than distinct flavours
- Roundly; fully; vigorously
- Complete and consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct
- A series of matches in an elimination tournament, the winners of which advance to the next round
- A vessel filled, as for drinking
- To surround; to encircle; to encompass
- A composition for two or more voices in which one voice enters after another in exact imitation of the first
- An outburst of a certain event. For example, a round of applause
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
- To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"
- A type of short canon for unaccompanied voices, each of which enters in turn to sing the same melody A well-known round is Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath
- 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
- said of numbers
- Like the canon, a song in which two or more parts having the same melody, starting at different points The parts may be repeated as desired
- (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
- An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians
- Describes flavors and tactile sensations giving a feeling of completeness with no dominating characteristic Almost the same as fat, but with more approval Tannin, acid and glycerin are sufficiently present but appear as nuances rather than distinct flavors
- Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note
- {i} cycle, revolution, rotation; any circular object; series of actions; series of games in a competition; shots fired from a gun or combat weapon; serving of alcoholic drinks (Informal)
- 1) A formation where each skydiver has grips on the arms of those next to him, also known as a star 2) A round parachute, as opposed to a modern ram-air "square" parachute
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- A round can refer either to a round of betting or a round of hands A betting round usually begins after a card or several cards are dealt Each player is given a chance to act, and the round ends when everyone has either folded to or called the last bet or raise (See it ) Each round of betting is followed either by further dealing or by a showdown A round of hands consists of one hand dealt by each player at the table (or, when there's a house dealer, one hand with the dealer button at each position) In a round of hold'em you're in each position once, and you expect on average to hold the best hand once (although you will fold it pre-flop and kick yourself for the rest of the evening) One more round and I'm outta here (round of hands)
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated
- Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; said of style, or of authors with reference to their style
- make round; "round the edges"
- (n) A round is an exterior corner normally found on cast, forged, or molded parts Like a fillet, a round can indicate that a surface is not machined finished A round is indicated on engineering drawings as a small arc
- a complete circuit of (usually) 18 holes Example: How did your round go today?
- By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point
- 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
- From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, that is, to change sides or opinions
- To go or turn round; to wheel about
- express as a round number; "round off the amount"
- round angle
- An angle of 360 degrees; a full circle
Two angles whose sum is a straight angle are called supplemental; two angles whose sum is a round angle we may call explemental.
- round angles
- plural form of round angle
- round bracket
- Each of the signs ( and ); bracket, parenthesis
- round brackets
- plural form of round bracket
- round character
- A complex literary character with fully developed and dynamic traits
- round characters
- plural form of round character
- round down
- To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc
The total is $25,715 but to keep the figures simple, I'll round it down to $25,000.
- round file
- the trash; the wastebasket
My junk mail goes straight into the round file the moment it arrives.
- round lot
- a block of shares of stock that is a multiple of some number, usually 100
- round number
- a number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes
- round number
- a rough approximation, especially one whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes
- round numbers
- plural form of round number
- round of applause
- An outburst of clapping among a group or audience
And please give all of the fantastic performers a big round of applause for their efforts this evening!.
- round of applauses
- Alternative form of round of applause
- round off
- To change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits
This product contains no PCBs is a typical commercial distortion if it actually contains 0.498 of the measurement unit, rounded off to 0.
- round off
- To complete or finish something
- round off
- To change the shape of an object to make it more circular
- round out
- To make more complete by adding details
Here are some actual figures to round out the basic report.
- round out
- to become rounder, plumper
- round robin
- A tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn
- round robin
- A method of dividing loot amongst a party of players by having the game assign in turn loot to a player or an enemy corpse to loot to a player
- round shot
- A solid usually iron spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon
Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson.
- round table
- A conference at which participants of similar status discuss and exchange views
- round tables
- plural form of round table
- round the Horn
- To sail around Cape Horn
The entire crew was nervous as they began to round the Horn.
- round the bend
- crazy, mad or insane
- round the clock
- nonstop, 24 hours per day
He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.
- round the twist
- Eccentric
- round the twist
- Mad
- round trip
- A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location
Margaret purchased a single round trip ticket to and from Chicago, as it was cheaper than buying two one-way tickets.
- round tuit
- A circular object giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date
No more waiting until you get around to it, buy your own round tuit at a bargain discount today!.
- round tuits
- plural form of round tuit
- round turn
- A full encirclement of an object with rope
- round turns
- plural form of round turn
- round up
- To collect or gather (something) together
Round up the usual suspects.
- round up
- To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc
The total is $24,995 — let's round up to $25,000.
- round-bottomed flask
- A glass flask used in a laboratory for holding chemical liquids and solutions, which has a spherical shape for uniform heating, and one or more long cylindrical necks
- round-bottomed flasks
- plural form of round-bottomed flask
- round-leaved
- Having round leaves; used mainly in the names of various plants
- round-off
- Alternative spelling of round off
- round-robin
- attributive form of round robin
- round-shouldered
- Having a rounded upper back, and shoulders that bend forward
- round-the-clock
- Continuously, all day long. From the concept that it happens while the hands of the clock go all the way around
- round-top
- A platform at the top of a ship's mast
A man on the roundtop cried out, Au voile, a sail.
- round-trip
- Alternative spelling of round trip
- round-trip time
- The time elapsed for a message to a remote place and back again
- round and round
- in circles, around
- round tripping
- business of exchange in which many factors are involved
- round-up
- An amusement ride consisting of a circular horizontal platform with a vertical cage-like wall around the edge
- round the bend
- (deyim) To be/go round the bend is to be/become mentally confused or unable to act in a reasonable way
If I'd stayed there any longer I'd have gone round the bend.
- round-table
- An assembly where parties meet on equal terms for discussion: round-table talks
- Rounds
- A surname for a descendant of a round or fat person
- rounded
- Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value
- rounded
- Complete or balanced
- rounded
- Pronounced with the lips rounded; see rounded vowel
- rounded
- past tense of "to round"
- rounder
- A person who earns a living by playing cards
- rounder
- A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
- rounder
- Comparative form of round: more round
- rounding
- The act of rounding a mathematical value
- rounding
- The numerical value obtained by this process
- roundly
- utterly or thoroughly
- roundly
- circularly
- rounds
- plural form of round
- rounds
- A route taken by someone in authority (e.g., patrol rounds taken by a night watchman)
- rounds
- The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital according to a predetermined order
- rounds
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of round
- rounder
- {n} an inclosure, circumference, circuit
- rounding
- {a} somewhat or rather round
- roundish
- {a} somewhat or rather round
- roundly
- {a} in a plain manner, in good earnest
- roundness
- {n} circularity, smoothness, openness
- Round Trip
- rt
- round about
- in the opposing direction; in all directions
- round off
- express as a round number; "round off the amount"
- round off
- If you round off an activity with something, you end the activity by doing something that provides a clear or satisfactory conclusion to it. The Italian way is to round off a meal with an ice-cream This rounded the afternoon off perfectly He rounds off by proposing a toast to the attendants
- round off
- From Parallel Lines Face Out; In Tandem U-Turn Back (toward the center of the set) Ends in a Double Pass Thru formation
- round off
- A fast cartwheel where once both hands hit the ground, the feet are brought together into a handstand position and then snapped quickly to the ground together A basic beginner tumbling skill Once perfected it is used as a setup for combination tumbling skills (back handsprings etc )
- round off
- estimate up or down to the nearest whole number
- round off
- s to change from a fraction to the nearest whole number Round all sums off to the closest whole number For example, round 78 9% to 79%
- round off
- express as a round number; "round off the amount
- round off
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
- round off
- make round; "round the edges"
- round on
- If someone rounds on you, they criticize you fiercely and attack you with aggressive words. The Conservative Party rounded angrily on him for damaging the Government = attack
- round out
- make bigger or better or more complete fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research
- round out
- fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"
- round out
- make round; "round the edges"
- round out
- express as a round number; "round off the amount"
- round out
- make bigger or better or more complete
- round robin
- {i} petition signed in such a way that it is impossible to tell who signed first; letter or written communication signed by a number of people; (Sports) tournament in which each player plays all other players; letter sent to a group of people for the response by each person in turn; sequence, series
- round robin
- A tournament in which each player meets every other player and final standings are determined by the won-lost records Such a tournament is sometimes a preliminary round to determine seedings and order of play
- round robin
- A round robin is a logical arrangement of "turn taking" within a computer environment In a web server setting, for example, two servers would "take turns" accessing user information
- round robin
- a letter signed by a number of people
- round robin
- a letter signed by a number of people a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
- round robin
- a competition in which every player or team plays against every other player or team (From the male name Robin)
- round robin
- Scheduling algorithm whereby a thread is given a certain period of time to run Should the thread consume CPU for the entire period of its timeslice, the thread will be placed at the end of the ready queue for its priority, and the next available thread will be made READY If a thread is the only thread READY at its priority level, it will be able to consume CPU again immediately See also adaptive, FIFO, and sporadic
- round robin
- a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
- round robin
- a piece of meld consisting of a marriage in each of the four suits; worth 240 points (Kings Around [80], Queens Around [60], one royal marriage [40] and three common marriages [60 points total]) See also common marriage, Kings Around, Queens Around, royal marriage
- round robin
- A tournament in which everyone gets to play everyone else
- round the clock
- 24 hours per day, continuously, non-stop
- round the clock
- without stopping; "she worked around the clock"
- round trip
- A voyage, a journey etc to a certain place, port or country and back again
- round trip
- two-way trip, trip including travel to and from a location
- round trip
- A journey from origin point A to point B and back to point A
- round trip
- a trip to some place and back again
- round trip
- Travel from A to B then back from B to A using the same fare basis code See also circle trip
- round trip
- Buying and selling of a specified amount of currency
- round trip
- A journey from point A to point B and back to point A Different from a multi-leg trip
- round trip
- The practice of selling power to either an affiliate or another company and then buying it back for the same price for the sole purpose of artificially increasing trading volume to support claims of corporate growth or financial strength This term became popular during the Enron controversy Example: Company A might sell 100 megawatts of power to Company B on an online exchange at $10 per megawatt Company B then turns around and sells an identical volume to Company A at the same price No power is transferred between parties, no money is exchanged and the trades don't have any economic value -- but the trades show up on each party's books as sales Also called Wash and Back-to-Back Trading See also Bragawatts
- round trip
- A round-trip ticket is a ticket for a train, bus, or plane that allows you to travel to a particular place and then back again. Mexicana Airlines has announced cheaper round-trip tickets between Los Angeles and cities it serves in Mexico
- round trip
- Buying and selling of a futures or options contract
- round trip
- A futures or options position plus its offsetting position (Commissions are usually quoted per round trip )
- round trip
- If you make a round trip, you travel to a place and then back again. The train operates the 2,400-mile round trip once a week
- round up
- If the police or army round up a number of people, they arrest or capture them. The police rounded up a number of suspects She says the patrolmen rounded them up at the village school and beat them with rifle butts
- round up
- seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"
- round up
- If you round up animals or things, you gather them together. He had sought work as a cowboy, rounding up cattle see also round 2, roundup
- round up
- collect; arrange a hunt; even off to the a higher amount
- round up
- seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers
- rounded
- See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11
- rounded
- Made into a circle or sphere
- rounded
- Something that is rounded is curved in shape, without any points or sharp edges. a low rounded hill
- rounded
- A term used to describe a basal edge which has rounded stem outline Also a term to describe a point which is not sharp or barb types
- rounded
- curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
- rounded
- approval You describe something or someone as rounded or well-rounded when you are expressing approval of them because they have a personality which is fully developed in all aspects. his carefully organised narrative, full of rounded, believable and interesting characters
- rounded
- Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial
- rounded
- An intensity description indicating a reduced range of gases and vapors is present at a moderately perceptible strength
- rounded
- {s} circular, ring-shaped, round
- rounded
- hearts or clubs
- rounded
- curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders
- rounded
- Ending in a broad arch
- rounded
- a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
- rounder
- A tool for making an edge or surface round
- rounder
- One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly
- rounder
- a tool for rounding corners or edges
- rounder
- An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football
- rounder
- comparative of round
- rounder
- A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable
- rounder
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
- rounder
- A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider
- roundest
- superlative of round
- rounding
- present participle of round
- rounding
- Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization
- rounding
- See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11
- rounding
- The gradual reduction of angularity of a tool edge or surface resulting in a dulling effect (Brink 1978)
- rounding
- Process of hammering or manipulating the textblock spine into a convex shape preparatory to backing Rounding diminishes the effect of swelling caused by the thickness of the sewing threads or the application of glue from an adhesive binding It also helps to prevent the textblock spine from falling into a concave shape after years of use or of standing upright on a shelf See also backing
- rounding
- 1 A length of rope hove around a spar or larger rope; 2 To go around a mark during a race, as in "rounding a mark"
- rounding
- Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish
- rounding
- Process to express a whole number, not fractional; change to even units rather than exactly (e g , 260 is a rounded number for 261) Food manufacturers must follow government rules for rounding on nutrition labels See question 9 in the "Questions and Answers about Food Labeling" section
- rounding
- A rule to follow when making an approximation to a given number by using fewer significant figures
- rounding
- Rounding call time length On Nextel National Shared Plans, all calls feature one-second rounding after the first minute, whereas many other carriers round up to the next whole minute