roundup

Meaning

1. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
2. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
3. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
4. The summary to a news bulletin.
5. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
6. The finishing of an arrangement.

Synonyms

wholesale arrest

gathering

assembly

body

collecting

compilation

constitution

gather

herding

ingathering

line-up

overview

raid

reassembly

sum

summary

survey

take-up

total

totality

wrangling

big haul

whole

refabrication

amount

arrest

Etymology

Deverbal from round up.