round
- Adjective. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Adjective. Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- Adjective. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Adjective. Plump.
- Adjective. Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Adjective. (context, of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- Adjective. (linguistics) Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O".
- Noun. A circular object.
- Noun. A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.
- Noun. An general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- Noun. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- Noun. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- Noun. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- Noun. (arts) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (sports) A stage in a competition.
- Noun. (sport) In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- Noun. (context, engineering) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- Noun. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- Noun. (context, butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
- Preposition. (rare, _) Alternative form of around.
- Adverb. Alternative form of around.
- Verb. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- Verb. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- Verb. (context, with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
- Verb. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- Verb. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- Verb. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with ''on'').
- Verb. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- Verb. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- Verb. (intransitive, archaic) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
- Verb. (transitive, archaic) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
- Noun. (archaic, or) A whisper; whispering.
- Noun. (archaic, or) Discourse; song.
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