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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The usual activities in your day
Example:
the doctor made his rounds
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
habitude (habitual mode of behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activity of playing 18 holes of golf
Example:
a round of golf takes about 4 hours
Synonyms:
round; round of golf
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
Example:
we enjoyed our round of the local bars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
call (a visit in an official or professional capacity)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Any circular or rotating mechanism
Example:
the machine punched out metal circles
Synonyms:
circle; round
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
rotating mechanism (a mechanism that rotates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "round"):
disc; disk (a flat circular plate)
Derivation:
round (wind around; move along a circular course)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A charge of ammunition for a single shot
Synonyms:
one shot; round; unit of ammunition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A crosspiece between the legs of a chair
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
crosspiece (a transverse brace)
Holonyms ("round" is a part of...):
folding chair (a chair that can be folded flat for storage)
feeding chair; highchair (a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray)
rocker; rocking chair (a chair mounted on rockers)
side chair; straight chair (a straight-backed chair without arms)
Sense 7
Meaning:
An outburst of applause
Example:
there was a round of applause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
applause; clapping; hand clapping (a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
Example:
they enjoyed singing rounds
Synonyms:
round; troll
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
partsong (a song with two or more voice parts)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
cut of beef (cut of meat from beef cattle)
Meronyms (parts of "round"):
round steak (a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
Example:
he ordered a second round
Synonyms:
round; round of drinks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
helping; portion; serving (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal)
Sense 11
Meaning:
A regular route for a sentry or policeman
Example:
in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Synonyms:
beat; round
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)
Sense 12
Meaning:
The course along which communications spread
Example:
the story is going the rounds in Washington
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
course; path; track (a line or route along which something travels or moves)
Sense 13
Meaning:
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "round"):
top; top of the inning (the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat)
bottom; bottom of the inning (the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat)
Holonyms ("round" is a part of...):
period of play; play; playing period ((in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds)
Sense 14
Meaning:
An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
Example:
the never-ending cycle of the seasons
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
Meronyms (parts of "round"):
phase; phase angle (a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
Example:
in round numbers
Classified under:
Similar:
inexact (not exact)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Derivation:
roundness (the quality of being round numbers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of sounds) full and rich
Example:
pear-shaped vowels
Synonyms:
orotund; pear-shaped; rotund; round
Classified under:
Similar:
full ((of sound) having marked deepness and body)
Derivation:
roundness (the fullness of a tone of voice)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having the shape or form of a circle
Synonyms:
circular; round
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
wheel-like (round like a wheel)
roundish (somewhat round in appearance or form)
ringlike (having the shape of a ring)
pinwheel-shaped (having the round shape of a pinwheel)
pear-shaped (having a round shape tapered at one end)
pancake-like (resembling a pancake in shape)
nutlike (resembling a nut in shape and size)
moon-round; moonlike (resembling the moon in shape)
goblet-shaped (resembling the shape of a goblet)
disc-shaped; disclike; discoid; discoidal; disk-shaped; disklike (having a flat circular shape)
cumuliform (shaped like a cumulus cloud)
coccoid (spherical; like a coccus)
capitate (being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip)
bulb-shaped; bulblike; bulbous (shaped like a bulb)
barrel-shaped (having the general shape of a barrel)
ball-shaped; global; globose; globular; orbicular; spheric; spherical (having the shape of a sphere or ball)
apple-shaped (having the general shape of an apple)
Also:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Antonym:
square (having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle)
Derivation:
roundness (the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they round ... he / she / it rounds
Past simple: rounded
Past participle: rounded
-ing form: rounding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become round, plump, or shapely
Example:
The young woman is fleshing out
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):
gain; put on (increase (one's body weight))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make round
Example:
round the edges
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "round"):
purse (contract one's lips into a rounded shape)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
rounder (a tool for rounding corners or edges)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Express as a round number
Example:
round off the amount
Synonyms:
round; round down; round off; round out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
Example:
polish your social manners
Synonyms:
brush up; polish; polish up; round; round off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):
hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Attack in speech or writing
Example:
The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Synonyms:
assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):
criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "round"):
abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout (use foul or abusive language towards)
claw (attack as if with claws)
vitriol (subject to bitter verbal abuse)
rip (criticize or abuse strongly and violently)
whang (attack forcefully)
barrage; bombard (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage)
blister; scald; whip (subject to harsh criticism)
rubbish (attack strongly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Pronounce with rounded lips
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Wind around; move along a circular course
Example:
round the bend
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
round (any circular or rotating mechanism)
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From beginning to end; throughout
Example:
frigid weather the year around
Synonyms:
around; round
Classified under:
Context examples:
The Basset Hound has a large head, with a rounded skull.
(Basset Hound, NCI Thesaurus)
How pretty, to my eyes, did the china cups and bright teapot look, placed on the little round table near the fire!
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A rare soft tissue neoplasm of uncertain lineage characterized by the presence of neoplastic spindle to round cells forming cords in a fibromyxoid stroma.
(Nonossifying Fibromyxoid Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A rounded mass of tissue that contains several types of nerve cells that are involved in the sense of smell.
(Olfactory bulb, NCI Dictionary)
I expected him to shoot round and pass me before he could stop.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She gave a slight glance round the table, and applied herself to it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
When she entered the court she threw her eyes round it and quickly discovered where we were seated.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
And I still appeal to my servants round, whether they at any time saw a coach at my door, without knowing what persons were in it.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
A hush came over us as we stood round these shattered remains and realized the truth of Lord John Roxton's words.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The nuclei are small and round to oval in shape.
(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1A, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
