round >> raʊnd
Definition: [adjective] shaped like a circle or cylinder.
Example: she was seated at a small, round table
Definition: [adjective] shaped like a sphere.
Example: a round glass ball
Definition: [adjective] (of a voice) rich and mellow; not harsh.
Example: his rich, round voice went down well with the listeners
Definition: [adjective] (of a number) expressed in convenient units rather than exactly, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten.
Example: the size of the fleet is given in round numbers
Definition: [adjective] not omitting or disguising anything; frank.
Example: she berated him in good round terms
Definition: [noun] a circular piece of something.
Example: cut the pastry into rounds
Definition: [noun] an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn.
Example: she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye
Definition: [noun] each of a sequence of sessions in a process, typically characterized by development between one session and another.
Example: the two sides held three rounds of talks
Definition: [noun] a regularly recurring sequence of activities.
Example: their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry
Definition: [noun] a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon.
Definition: [noun] a slice of bread.
Example: two rounds of toast
Definition: [noun] the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot.
Example: the gun can fire 30 rounds a second
Definition: [adverb] so as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.
Example: a plane circled round overhead
Definition: [adverb] so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction.
Example: he swung round to face her
Definition: [adverb] so as to surround someone or something.
Example: everyone crowded round
Definition: [adverb] so as to reach a new place or position, typically by moving to the other side of something.
Example: he made his way round to the back of the building
Definition: [adverb] used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity.
Example: he was driving round aimlessly
Definition: [adverb] so as to give support and companionship.
Example: if one girl is distraught the others will rally round
Definition: [preposition] on every side of (a focal point).
Example: the area round the school
Definition: [preposition] so as to encircle (someone or something).
Example: he wrapped the blanket round him
Definition: [preposition] following an approximately circular route past (a corner or obstacle).
Example: a bus appeared round the corner
Definition: [preposition] so as to cover or take in the whole area of (a place).
Example: she went round the house and saw that all the windows were barred
Definition: [verb] pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction.
Example: the ship rounded the cape and sailed north
Definition: [verb] alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations.
Example: we'll round the weight up to the nearest kilo
Definition: [verb] give a round shape to.
Example: a lathe that rounded chair legs