rounded (ˈraʊndɪd
)
Definitions
adjective
- round or curved
- having been made round or curved
- full, mature, or complete
- (of the lips) pursed, as in pronouncing the sound ()
- (of a speech sound) articulated with rounded lips
Alternative Forms
ˈroundedly adverb ˈroundedness noun
round (raʊnd)
Definitions
adjective
- having a flat circular shape, as a disc or hoop
- having the shape of a sphere or ball
- curved; not angular
- involving or using circular motion
- (prenominal) complete; entire ⇒
a round dozen
- mathematics
- forming or expressed by an integer or whole number, with no fraction
- expressed to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand ⇒
in round figures
- (of a sum of money) considerable; ample
- fully depicted or developed, as a character in a book
- full and plump ⇒
round cheeks
- (of sound) full and sonorous
- (of pace) brisk; lively
- (prenominal) (of speech) candid; straightforward; unmodified ⇒
a round assertion
- (of a vowel) pronounced with rounded lips
noun
- a round shape or object
- See in the round
- a session, as of a negotiation ⇒
a round of talks
- a series, cycle, or sequence ⇒
a giddy round of parties
- See the daily round
- a stage of a competition ⇒
he was eliminated in the first round
- (often plural) a series of calls, esp in a set order ⇒
a doctor's rounds
a milkman's round
- a playing of all the holes on a golf course
- a single turn of play by each player, as in a card game
- one of a number of periods constituting a boxing, wrestling, or other match, each usually lasting three minutes
- archery a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance
- a single discharge by a number of guns or a single gun
- a bullet, blank cartridge, or other charge of ammunition
- a number of drinks bought at one time for a group of people
- a single slice of bread or toast or two slices making a single serving of sandwiches
- a general outburst of applause, cheering, etc
- movement in a circle or around an axis
- music a part song in which the voices follow each other at equal intervals at the same pitch
- a sequence of bells rung in order of treble to tenor Compare change (sense 29)
- a dance in which the dancers move in a circle
- a cut of beef from the thigh between the rump and the shank
- See go the rounds
preposition
- surrounding, encircling, or enclosing ⇒
a band round her head
- on all or most sides of ⇒
to look round one
- on or outside the circumference or perimeter of ⇒
the stands round the racecourse
- situated at various points in ⇒
a lot of shelves round the house
- from place to place in ⇒
driving round Ireland
- somewhere in or near ⇒
to stay round the house
- making a circuit or partial circuit about ⇒
the ring road round the town
- reached by making a partial circuit about something ⇒
the shop round the corner
- revolving round a centre or axis ⇒
the earth's motion round its axis
- so as to have a basis in ⇒
the story is built round a good plot
adverb
- on all or most sides ⇒
the garden is fenced all round
the crowd gathered round
- on or outside the circumference or perimeter ⇒
the racing track is two miles round
- in all directions from a point of reference ⇒
he owns the land for ten miles round
- to all members of a group ⇒
pass the food round
- in rotation or revolution ⇒
the wheels turn round
- by a circuitous route ⇒
the road to the farm goes round by the pond
- to a specific place ⇒
she came round to see me
- See all year round
verb
- to make or become round
- (tr) to encircle; surround
- to move or cause to move with circular motion ⇒
to round a bend
- (tr)
- to pronounce (a speech sound) with rounded lips
- to purse (the lips)
Alternative Forms
ˈroundness noun Word Origin
C13: from Old French ront , from Latin rotundus round, from rota a wheel
Synonyms
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= to deal with
=
course,
turn,
tour,
circuit,
beat,
series,
schedule,
routine,
compass,
ambit,
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spherical,
rounded,
bowed,
curved,
circular,
cylindrical,
bulbous,
rotund,
globular,
curvilinear,
ball-shaped ring-shaped disc-shaped
annular,
discoid,
orbicular,
