round

  • (adverb): So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
  • (adverb): So as to surround or be near.
  • (adverb): Nearly; approximately; about.
  • (adverb): From place to place.
  • (adverb): From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
  • (adverb): (with turn, spin etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
  • (adverb): Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
  • (adverb): Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
  • (preposition): Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
  • (preposition): (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.
  • (preposition): Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
  • (preposition): Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
  • (preposition): Near; in the vicinity of.
  • (preposition): At or to various places within.
  • (noun): A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  • (noun): A circular or repetitious route.
  • (noun): A 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): One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  • (noun): 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): 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): A stage, level, set of events in a game
  • (noun): (drafting, CAD) 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): (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  • (noun): A rung, as of a ladder.
  • (noun): A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  • (noun): A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
  • (noun): A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
  • (noun): A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  • (noun): A circular dance.
  • (noun): Rotation, as in office; succession.
  • (noun): A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  • (noun): An assembly; a group; a circle.
  • (noun): A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  • (noun): A vessel filled, as for drinking.
  • (noun): A round-top.
  • (noun): A round of beef.
  • (verb): To shape something into a curve.
  • (verb): To become shaped into a curve.
  • (verb): (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  • (verb): To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  • (verb): To turn past a boundary.
  • (verb): To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  • (verb): To advance to home plate.
  • (verb): To go round, pass, go past.
  • (verb): To encircle; to encompass.
  • (verb): To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  • (verb): To do ward rounds.
  • (verb): To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
  • (verb): To go or turn round; to wheel about.
  • (adjective): (physical) Shape.
  • (adjective): Complete, whole, not lacking.
  • (adjective): (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  • (adjective): Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
  • (adjective): Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
  • (adjective): Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
  • (adjective): Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
  • (adjective): Large in magnitude.
  • (adjective): (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
  • (adjective): Vaulted.
  • High above, vultures circled around.
  • Everybody please gather around.
  • An adult elephant weighs around five tons.
  • Look around and see what you find.
  • He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.