Round(a.)
- Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
Round(a.)
- Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
Round(a.)
- Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.
Round(a.)
- Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
Round(a.)
- Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
Round(a.)
- Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
Round(a.)
- Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
Round(a.)
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
Round(a.)
- Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.
Round(a.)
- Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
Round(n.)
- Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. \"The golden round\" [the crown].
Round(n.)
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
Round(n.)
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
Round(n.)
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
Round(n.)
- The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
Round(n.)
- A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.
Round(n.)
- A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
Round(n.)
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
Round(n.)
- Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.
Round(n.)
- A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.
Round(n.)
- The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
Round(n.)
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
Round(prep.)
- On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.
Round(v. t.)
- To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.
Round(v. t.)
- To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
Round(v. t.)
- To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.
Round(v. t.)
- To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
Round(v. t.)
- To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
Round(v. i.)
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
Roundly(adv.)
- Completely; vigorously; in earnest.
Roundly(adv.)
- Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly.
Roundness(n.)
- The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.
Roundness(n.)
- Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
Roundness(n.)
- Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.
Roundnesses
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Rounds
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