English Explanatory Dictionary

round

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of shape:
  2. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
  3. Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
  4. Loosely or approximately circular.
  5. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
  6. Plump.
  7. Complete, whole, not lacking.
  8. Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  9. Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
  10. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
  11. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
  12. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
noun
  1. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  2. A circular or repetitious route.
  3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  4. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  5. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  6. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  7. One slice of bread.
  8. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  9. A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. A stage, level, set of events in a game
prep
  1. Alternative form of around.
adv
  1. Alternative form of around.
verb
  1. To shape something into a curve.
  2. To become shaped into a curve.
  3. To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
  4. To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
  5. To turn past a boundary.
  6. To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  7. To advance to home plate.
  8. To go round, pass, go past.
  9. To encircle; to encompass.
  10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  11. To do ward rounds.
  12. To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
verb
  1. To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
  2. To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
noun
  1. A whisper; whispering.
  2. Discourse; song.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/ /ɹʊnd/ /ɹuːnd/ En-us-round.ogg /ˈɹæʊ̯nd/ /ˈɹaːnd/

Word forms

round round round more round most round rounder roundest around ron rounds rounding rounded

Etymology

From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.

Synonyms

spherical circular cylindrical discoid rounded plump rotund complete entire whole canon rump routine surround

Antonyms

flat fillet

Related words

Acton Round 'round

Derived words

all-round Boston round bottle English round hand enround nonround obround round angle roundarm roundback roundball round-bottomed flask round bracket round character round clam round dance round dozen round-ear round-eared tube-nosed bat rounded vowel rounden rounders roundeye round-eyed round file roundfish round game roundhand roundhead roundheaded round-headed bush clover round-headed rampion round heart disease round-heeled roundheels round herring roundhouse round house roundie round iron roundish Round Lake Beach roundleaf round-leaved bloodwood round ligament round-like round lime round-lobed hepatica round lot roundly round-mouthed roundness round number Round Oak roundpole round-ridge round robin round s roundshield round ship roundside

Translations

Bulgarian: патрон Bulgarian: раздаване Chinese Cantonese: 發 /发 Chinese Mandarin: 发 Finnish: patruuna Finnish: ammus French: coup French: tour Irish: urchar Italian: carica Italian: salva Māori: rauna Norwegian Bokmål: skudd Polish: nabój Polish: pocisk Portuguese: carga Portuguese: rodada Russian: патро́н Russian: вы́стрел Swedish: patron Swedish: giv Turkish: mermi Turkish: kurşun Turkish: el Albanian: rendi Spanish: mano Armenian: կլորել Armenian: կլորացնել Bulgarian: закръглям Czech: zaokrouhlit Finnish: pyöristää Hungarian: lekerekít Ido: rondigar Portuguese: arredondar Russian: округля́ть Russian: округли́ть Russian: скругля́ть Russian: скругли́ть Scots: roond Scottish Gaelic: cruinnich Slovene: zaobliti Swedish: runda
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