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What does round up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word round up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To gather (cattle) together by riding around them.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To collect or gather (something) together.
  3. (transitive, arithmetic) 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.
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The owner needs to round up the trusty charge and feed it, before sprucing it into tip-top condition.
It is understandable that criminals are sometimes used to round up dangerous lawbreakers for national security and public safety.
As the cells round up, actin and myosin moieties are being redistributed underneath the plasma membrane.
The police in Amsterdam were able to round up six of his alleged accomplices after the crime, and are seeking more.
Frankly, it may be complex to give a round up of all this to the French reading public, but we hope to be able to do that.
The Japanese take a few potshots at him, round up the other westerners on the island, and depart the scene.

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