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 Definition of 'round'

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Definitions of 'round'  

1. (noun) roundunit of ammunitionone shot
a charge of ammunition for a single shot

2. (noun) cyclerhythmround
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
"the never-ending cycle of the seasons"

3. (noun) beatround
a regular route for a sentry or policeman
"in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"

4. (noun) round
(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"

5. (noun) round of golfround
the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
"a round of golf takes about 4 hours"

6. (noun) rounddaily round
the usual activities in your day
"the doctor made his rounds"

7. (noun) turnboutround
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive

8. (noun) round
the course along which communications spread
"the story is going the rounds in Washington"

9. (noun) roundround of drinks
a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
"he ordered a second round"

10. (noun) round
a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg

11. (noun) roundtroll
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
"they enjoyed singing rounds"

12. (noun) round
an outburst of applause
"there was a round of applause"

13. (noun) rungroundstave
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

14. (noun) circleround
any circular or rotating mechanism
"the machine punched out metal circles"

15. (adj) roundcircular
having a circular shape

16. (adj) orotundrotundroundpear-shaped
(of sounds) full and rich
"orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"

17. (adj) round
(mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
"in round numbers"

18. (verb) round
wind around; move along a circular course
"round the bend"

19. (verb) roundround outround off
make round
"round the edges"

20. (verb) roundlabializelabialise
pronounce with rounded lips

21. (verb) attackroundassaillash outsnipeassault
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

22. (verb) polishroundround offpolish upbrush up
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
"polish your social manners"

23. (verb) round offround downround outround
express as a round number
"round off the amount"

24. (verb) roundflesh outfill out
become round, plump, or shapely
"The young woman is fleshing out"

25. (adverb) roundaround
from beginning to end; throughout
"It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"


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