round

Meaning

Adj

1. Of shape:
2. Of shape:
3. Of shape:
4. Of shape:
5. Of shape:
6. Complete, whole, not lacking.
7. Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
8. Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
9. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
10. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
11. (obsolete) Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
12. Large in magnitude.
13. Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
14. Vaulted.
15. Returning to its starting point.

Noun

1. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
2. A circular or repetitious route.
3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
4. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
5. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
6. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
7. One slice of bread.
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.
12. A stage, level, set of events in a game
13. A stage, level, set of events in a game
14. A stage, level, set of events in a game
15. A stage, level, set of events in a game
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.
18. The hindquarters of a bovine.
19. A rung, as of a ladder.
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.
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.
23. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
24. A circular dance.
25. Rotation, as in office; succession.
26. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
27. An assembly; a group; a circle.
28. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
29. A vessel filled, as for drinking.
30. A round-top.
31. A round of beef.

Prep

1. Alternative form of around
2. Alternative form of around

Adv

Alternative form of around

Verb

1. To shape something into a curve.
2. To become shaped into a curve.
3. To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
4. 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.
5. To turn past a boundary.
6. To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
7. To advance to home plate.
8. To go round, pass, go past.
9. To encircle; to encompass.
10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
11. (colloquial) To do ward rounds.
12. (obsolete) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
13. (obsolete) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Verb

1. To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
2. To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

Noun

1. A whisper; whispering.
2. Discourse; song.

Synonyms

circular

spherical

around

circle

⭕

turn

globular

round off

rounded

plump

cycle

rotund

fat

make round

about

ring

💍

ring-shaped

tour

time

⌚

circuit

beat

bout

round out

unit of ammunition

stave

go round

shot

one shot

courtyard

roll

become round

labialize

oval

polish

🇵🇱

pear-shaped

sturdy

rotation

round of drinks

troll

🧌

pregnant

patrol

bypass

all

surround

full

globose

chubby

go around

annular

revolution

fill out

shell

🐚

on all sides

brush up

circumference

orotund

flat

flesh out

cylindrical

spheric

spiral

daily round

assail

game

canon

global

surrounding

throughout

throw

assault

group

projectile

attack

👊

pudgy

coil

compass

🧭

twist

ball

heat

rhythm

complete

wind

going around

lap

orbed

pass round

polish up

encircle

round about

encompass

round down

line

rounding off

fruit

circum

rung

whole

labialise

orbicular

round of golf

figure

set

obtuse

occasion

orb

orbit

oscillation

outspoken

ovation

pan

payment

💸

peal

perambulation

perfect

perianth

perimeter

period

periphery

pivot

plain

podgy

positive

pronate

quick

range

repeat

🔁

repetition

retrieval

rich

🤑

rim

role

roll over

roll up

rotate

rough

round dance

roundel

roundelay

roundness

rounds

round trip

screw

seed

sequence

series

session

severe

shallow

short-circuit

show

shy

size

skirt

sloping

smooth

snipe

soft

sonorous

sphere

splay

spread out

stage

stake

stone

🪨

succession

sugar-coated

take in

talent

thick

tie

skate over

total

towards

tranquil

trolling

tubby

tucker

turn out

twine

twirl

unpointed

unqualified

unsharpened

valley

vigorous

wave

👋

well-endowed

wide

winding

wok

floral envelope

in a circle

lash out

round of ammunition

wheel-shaped

one full year

circular motion

once around

singing in a circular canon

perigone

globate

orbiculate

perigonium

protrudent

falls

be round

make something round

round and conspicuous

blobe

negotiation round

disc-shaped

lash out b snipe

pinwheel-shaped

second joint

circular shape

be circular

circular full

ring revolution hoop

mud-walled hut

x n

berel edge

round molding

approximate figure

rounding

Polish

🇵🇱

aitchbone

all around

ambulate

ample

anniversary

applause

👏

apple

🍎

areola

ball-shaped

become

beveling

bevelling

big

bind

bindweed

bloated

blunt

brim

bring round

broad

bullet

caldron

catch

chamfer

chamfering

charge

chlamys

circularity

circularize

circularly

circulate

circulation

circumferential

circumnavigate

circumvent

circumvolve

clench

compasses

complement

contort

contour

convolvulus

coronet

corpulent

cover

crawl

crispy

crop

curved

cyclic

cyclical

detour

disc

discoid

discus

disk

distort

down

dress

👗

drive round

dull

egg

🥚

enable

encounter

entire

environ

event

eyeball

facet

fall

filleting

finalise

finalize

finish

fling

frame

full-bodied

gird

grenade

guard

💂

half adjust

halo

hand

✋

harsh

hem

inflated

invest

itinerate

large

leg

🦵

loin

loop

➿

lumpy

madrigal

mellowed

mild

move around

number

🔢

obese

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹaʊnd/

Etymology

From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.

Sentences

Simple algorithms include random choice or round robin .

Crawley were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round .