round

  1. Adjective.  Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
  2. Adjective.  Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
  3. Adjective.  Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
  4. Adjective.  Plump.
  5. Adjective.  Complete, whole, not lacking.
  6. Adjective.  (context, of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  7. Adjective.  (linguistics) Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O".
  8. Noun.  A circular object.
  9. Noun.  A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.
  10. Noun.  An general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  11. Noun.  A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  12. Noun.  A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  13. Noun.  A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  14. Noun.  (arts) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Noun.  (sports) A stage in a competition.
  18. Noun.  (sport) In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
  19. 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.
  20. Noun.  A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
  21. Noun.  (context, butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  22. Preposition.  (rare, _) Alternative form of around.
  23. Adverb.  Alternative form of around.
  24. Verb.  (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
  25. Verb.  (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
  26. Verb.  (context, with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  27. Verb.  (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  28. Verb.  (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
  29. Verb.  (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with ''on'').
  30. Verb.  (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
  31. Verb.  (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
  32. Verb.  (intransitive, archaic) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
  33. Verb.  (transitive, archaic) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
  34. Noun.  (archaic, or) A whisper; whispering.
  35. Noun.  (archaic, or) Discourse; song.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.