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What does round mean?

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

Adjective

(physical) Shape.

Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
Plump.

Complete, whole, not lacking.
(number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
(linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
Large in magnitude.

Noun

A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
A circular or repetitious route.
A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
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.
(sports) 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.
(sports) A stage in a competition.
(sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
(butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
(dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
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.
Rotation, as in office; succession.
A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
An assembly; a group; a circle.
A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
(archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
(nautical) A round-top.
A round of beef.

Preposition

(rare in US) Alternative form of around

Adverb

Alternative form of around

Verb

(transitive) To shape something into a curve.
(intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
(intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
(transitive) To turn past a boundary.
(intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
(transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
(transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
To encircle; to encompass.
To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
(medicine) To do ward rounds.
(obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
(obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Verb

(intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

Noun

(archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
(archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.

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