Definition of round in English English dictionary
- To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper
- Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero
One hundred is a nice round number.
- Plump
- To advance to home plate
And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction
We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
- 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.
- Discourse; song
- To shape something into a curve
The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
- Complete, whole, not lacking
The baker sold us a round dozen.
- The hindquarters of a bovine
- To turn past a boundary
Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
- A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting
- An general outburst from a group of people at an event
The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
- 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 single individual portion or dose of medicine
Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.
- 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.
- A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time
- 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
- 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 speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel
- 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.
- In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course
- 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
- Alternative form of around
I look round the room quick to make sure it's neat looking.
- 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.
- To finish; to complete; to fill out
She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
- Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O"
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves
Our child's bed has round corners for safety.
- A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds
The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.
- To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number
Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.
- {a} like circle, every way
- {v} to make or go round, surround, raise
- Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note
- {s} circular, ring-shaped, rounded
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars"
- pronounce with rounded lips
- A meeting of the contracting parties of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1947 to participate in multilateral trade negotiations
- attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- Repeating or iterating some function a number of times So singing Row Row Your Boat over and over again would be singing it in rounds
- To whisper
- On all sides; around
- In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round
- 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
- The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair
- For game purposes, one cannon shell fired out of one cannon is a round A gun which has a rate-of-fire of two can fire two rounds each turn Each round fired in Battlefleet actually represents several "real life" shells due to each turn representing three minutes (i e - Rounds in Battlefleet are abstractions of actual firepower)
- Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out
- pronounce with rounded lips wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
- Through a circle, as of friends or houses
- Around
She turned around and scowled at me.
- She turned round and scowled at me.
- This versatile shape is capable of yielding thick to thin strokes and great detail Sable rounds point more than bristle rounds when wet
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round"
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
- having a circular shape from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- 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
- the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"
- A betting round 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 Each round of betting is followed either by further dealing or by a showdown In Texas Hold'em, there are four betting rounds (pre-flop, post flop, after the turn, and after the river) A round of hands is one full rotation around the table, so, each player would hold the dealer button once, or be the dealer if no pitcher were present
- from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"
- become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
- "The golden round"
- [the crown]
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round"
- 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
- any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
- 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
- In topology, the terms circle and sphere refer to topological objects and not geometric ones, so that the surface of an egg shape is a sphere A round sphere, then, is a sphere with constant curvature; a sphere in the sense of geometry
- This refers to the dealing of a set of cards and associated betting For example, the dealing of the river and the bets that follow are a round
- 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 complete or finish something
- 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 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 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 robin
- A tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn
- 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 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 up
- To collect or gather (something) together
Round up the usual suspects.
- 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
- past tense of "to round"
- rounded
- Pronounced with the lips rounded; see rounded vowel
- rounded
- Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value
- rounded
- Complete or balanced
- rounder
- Comparative form of round: more round
- rounder
- A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
- rounder
- A person who earns a living by playing cards
- rounding
- The numerical value obtained by this process
- rounding
- The act of rounding a mathematical value
- roundly
- circularly
- roundly
- utterly or thoroughly
- rounds
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of round
- rounds
- The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital according to a predetermined order
- rounds
- A route taken by someone in authority (e.g., patrol rounds taken by a night watchman)
- rounds
- plural 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
- make round; "round the edges"
- 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
- 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
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
- round off
- express as a round number; "round off the amount
- 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
- round out
- express as a round number; "round off the amount"
- round out
- make round; "round the edges"
- round out
- fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"
- round out
- make bigger or better or more complete fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research
- round robin
- a letter signed by a number of people
- 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 letter signed by a number of people a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
- 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 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 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 the clock
- 24 hours per day, continuously, non-stop
- round the clock
- without stopping; "she worked around the clock"
- 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
- 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 trip
- A journey from origin point A to point B and back to point A
- round trip
- Buying and selling of a futures or options contract
- 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
- A journey from point A to point B and back to point A Different from a multi-leg trip
- round trip
- Buying and selling of a specified amount of currency
- 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
- a trip to some place and back again
- 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 futures or options position plus its offsetting position (Commissions are usually quoted per round trip )
- round up
- seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"
- 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
- 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
- a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
- rounded
- Ending in a broad arch
- rounded
- curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders
- rounded
- hearts or clubs
- rounded
- {s} circular, ring-shaped, round
- rounded
- An intensity description indicating a reduced range of gases and vapors is present at a moderately perceptible strength
- rounded
- Made into a circle or sphere
- rounded
- Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial
- 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
- curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
- 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
- Something that is rounded is curved in shape, without any points or sharp edges. a low rounded hill
- rounded
- See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11
- rounder
- A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider
- rounder
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
- rounder
- A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable
- rounder
- A tool for making an edge or surface round
- rounder
- comparative of round
- rounder
- An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football
- rounder
- a tool for rounding corners or edges
- rounder
- One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly
- roundest
- superlative of round
- rounding
- (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"
- rounding
- A secondary articulation of certain vowels, wherein the vowels are produced with a certain amount of lip rounding e g , [o], [u], [y], etc
- rounding
- Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; called also service
- rounding
- Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish
- rounding
- Shaping the book back to be convex
- rounding
- {i} act of replacing one number with another simpler number of approximately the same value (Mathematics)
- rounding
- present participle of round
- 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