Meaning of 'round' (Webster Dictionary)
- Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference
equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form
approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a
round ball.
- Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
of a musket is round.
- Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere;
rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch;
round hills.
- Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in
even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
- Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
round price.
- Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
round note.
- Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening,
making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized;
labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
- Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to
their style.
- Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
- On all sides; around.
- Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns
round.
- In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
- From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
- By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
course; back to the starting point.
- Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
- Roundly; fully; vigorously.
- Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden
round" [the crown].
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a
series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical
revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of
persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn,
and then repeated.
- A circular dance.
- That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round
of applause.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece
which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- 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.
- A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart
of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are
faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his
attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which
each soldier fires once.
- Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as,
twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.
- A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or
four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the
unison.
- The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual
contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded,
the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- A vessel filled, as for drinking.
- An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.
- See Roundtop.
- Same as Round of beef, below.
- On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a
cable round a windlass.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness,
completeness, or perfection.
- To go round, as a guard.
- To go or turn round; to wheel about.
- To whisper.
- 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.
- To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
- To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence,
to bring to a fit conclusion.
- To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or
point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
- To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods
in writing.
Meaning of 'round' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
Example in sentence:- a round of golf takes about 4 hours
Meaning (2):
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
Example in sentence:- he ordered a second round
Meaning (3):
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Example in sentence:- in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Meaning (4):
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
Example in sentence:- the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning;
- the postman's rounds;
- we enjoyed our round of the local bars
Meaning (5):
- the usual activities in your day
Example in sentence:- the doctor made his rounds
Meaning (6):
- any circular or rotating mechanism
Example in sentence:- the machine punched out metal circles
Meaning (7):
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
Example in sentence:- the never-ending cycle of the seasons
Meaning (8):
- the course along which communications spread
Example in sentence:- the story is going the rounds in Washington
Meaning (9):
- an outburst of applause
Example in sentence:- there was a round of applause
Meaning (10):
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
Example in sentence:- they enjoyed singing rounds
Meaning (11):
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
Example in sentence:- polish your social manners
Meaning (12):
- express as a round number
Meaning (13):
- wind around; move along a circular course
Meaning (14):
- make round
Meaning (15):
- attack in speech or writing
Example in sentence:- The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Meaning (16):
- become round, plump, or shapely
Example in sentence:- The young woman is fleshing out
Meaning (17):
- from beginning to end; throughout
Example in sentence:- frigid weather the year around;
- It rains all year round on Skye
Meaning (18):
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
Meaning (19):
- (of sounds) full and rich
Example in sentence:- orotund tones;
- pear-shaped vowels;
- the rotund and reverberating phrase
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