English Explanatory Dictionary

roundup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
  2. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
  3. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
  4. The summary to a news bulletin.
  5. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
  6. The finishing of an arrangement.
name
  1. A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-roundup.wav

Word forms

roundup roundups

Etymology

Deverbal from round up.

Synonyms

muster

Derived words

final roundup last roundup
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