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ROUNDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
Example:
rounded shoulders
Classified under:
Similar:
umbrellalike (resembling an umbrella)
terete (especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering)
rotund (spherical in shape)
rod-shaped; rodlike (resembling a rod)
plumlike (resembling a plum fruit)
pineal (having the form of a pine cone)
pillar-shaped (shaped like a cylindrical pillar)
paraboloidal (having the shape of a paraboloid)
parabolic; parabolical (having the form of a parabola)
olive-like; olivelike (resembling an olive)
lingulate; tongue-shaped (shaped like a tongue)
hyperboloidal (having the shape of a hyperboloid)
ellipsoid; ellipsoidal; spheroidal (having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid)
egg-shaped; elliptic; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped; ovate; oviform; ovoid; prolate (rounded like an egg)
dome-shaped (having the shape of a dome)
domed; vaulted (having a hemispherical vault or dome)
disciform (having a round or oval shape like a disc)
cylindric; cylindrical (having the form of a cylinder)
cycloid; cycloidal (resembling a circle)
crescent; crescent-shaped; lunate; semilunar (resembling the new moon in shape)
bowfront (having an outward curving front)
bean-shaped (having a shape resembling a bean)
auriform; ear-like; ear-shaped (having a shape resembling an ear)
aspheric; aspherical (varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape)
annular; annulate; annulated; circinate; doughnut-shaped; ring-shaped; ringed (shaped like a ring)
almond-shaped; amygdaliform; amygdaloid; amygdaloidal (shaped like an almond)
allantoid; sausage-shaped (shaped like a sausage)
Also:
prolate; watermelon-shaped (having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter)
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
oblate; pumpkin-shaped (having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles)
circular; round (having the shape or form of a circle)
fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)
Antonym:
angular (having angles or an angular shape)
Derivation:
roundedness (the property possessed by a rounded convexity)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb round
Context examples:
This results in the formation of rounded ductal-epithelial structures.
(Pericanalicular Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The cave had evidently been water-worn, the sides being smooth and the floor covered with rounded stones.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They consisted of a man and a girl, the former very tall with rounded shoulders, a limp of one foot, and a large flat object covered with dark cloth under his arm.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His little body rounded out with the meat he now ate; but the food had come too late for her.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
A drug packaging type usually in a cylindrical shape with rounded ends.
(Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)
A cylindrical shape that is rounded at both ends.
(Capsule Shape, NCI Thesaurus)
A rounded convex section on the outer side of the head of the humerus where the supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor tendons attach.
(Greater Tuberosity, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign circumscribed tumor characterized by small spindle cells, rounded hyperchromatic cells and multinucleated giant cells with radially arranged nuclei.
(Pleomorphic Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The head is broad and slightly rounded between the widely set, moderately pointed pricked ears.
(Australian Cattle Dog, NCI Thesaurus)
A melanoma composed of cells with rounded nuclear and cytoplasmic contours (epithelioid cytology) that lacks melanin pigment.
(Mouse Amelanotic Epithelioid Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
