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ROUND

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ROUND (noun)
  The noun ROUND has 14 senses:

1. a charge of ammunition for a single shot
2. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
3. a regular route for a sentry or policeman
4. (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
5. the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
6. the usual activities in your day
7. (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
8. the course along which communications spread
9. a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
10. a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
11. 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
12. an outburst of applause
13. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
14. any circular or rotating mechanism

  Familiarity information: ROUND used as a noun is familiar.


ROUND (adjective)
  The adjective ROUND has 3 senses:

1. having a circular shape
2. (of sounds) full and rich
3. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand

  Familiarity information: ROUND used as an adjective is uncommon.


ROUND (verb)
  The verb ROUND has 8 senses:

1. wind around; move along a circular course
2. make round
3. be around
4. pronounce with rounded lips
5. attack in speech or writing
6. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
7. express as a round number
8. become round, plump, or shapely

  Familiarity information: ROUND used as a verb is common.


ROUND (adverb)
  The adverb ROUND has 1 sense:

1. from beginning to end; throughout

  Familiarity information: ROUND used as an adverb is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ROUND (noun)


Sense 1round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A charge of ammunition for a single shot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

unit of ammunition; round; one shot

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)


Sense 2round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

cycle; round; rhythm

Context example:

the never-ending cycle of the seasons

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)


Sense 3round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A regular route for a sentry or policeman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

beat; round

Context example:

in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)


Sense 4round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context examples:

the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning / the postman's rounds / we enjoyed our round of the local bars

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 5round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The activity of playing 18 holes of golf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

round of golf; round

Context example:

a round of golf takes about 4 hours

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 6round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The usual activities in your day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

daily round; round

Context example:

the doctor made his rounds

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

habitude (habitual mode of behavior)


Sense 7round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

bout; round; turn

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

period of play; play; playing period ((in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "round"):

bottom; bottom of the inning (the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat)

top; top of the inning (the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat)


Sense 8round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The course along which communications spread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

the story is going the rounds in Washington

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

course; path; track (a line or route along which something travels or moves)


Sense 9round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

round of drinks; round

Context example:

he ordered a second round

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

helping; portion; serving (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal)


Sense 10round [BACK TO TOP]

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 (piece of beef)

Meronyms (parts of "round"):

round steak (a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank)


Sense 11round [BACK TO TOP]

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

troll; round

Context example:

they enjoyed singing rounds

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

partsong (a song with two or more voice parts)


Sense 12round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

An outburst of applause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

there was a round of applause

Hypernyms ("round" is a kind of...):

applause; clapping; hand clapping (a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together)


Sense 13round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A crosspiece between the legs of a chair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rung; stave; round

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 14round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Any circular or rotating mechanism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

circle; round

Context example:

the machine punched out metal circles

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)


ROUND (adjective)


Sense 1round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Having a circular shape

Synonyms:

circular; round

Similar:

nutlike (resembling a nut in shape and size)

pancake-like (resembling a pancake in shape)

pear-shaped (having a round shape tapered at one end)

pinwheel-shaped (having the round shape of a pinwheel)

ringlike (having the shape of a ring)

roundish (somewhat round in appearance or form)

wheel-like (round like a wheel)

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)

apple-shaped (having the general shape of an apple)

ball-shaped; global; globose; globular; orbicular; spheric; spherical (having the shape of a sphere or ball)

barrel-shaped (having the general shape of a barrel)

bulb-shaped; bulblike; bulbous (shaped like a bulb)

capitate (being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip)

coccoid (spherical; like a coccus)

cumuliform (shaped like a cumulus cloud)

orbicular; orbiculate (circular or nearly circular)

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)


Sense 2round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(of sounds) full and rich

Synonyms:

round; rotund; pear-shaped; orotund

Context examples:

orotund tones / the rotund and reverberating phrase / pear-shaped vowels

Similar:

full ((of sound) having marked depth and body)


Sense 3round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand

Context example:

in round numbers

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)


ROUND (verb)


Sense 1round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Wind around; move along a circular course

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

round the bend

Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something


Sense 2round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Make round

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

round off; round; round out

Context example:

round the edges

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


Sense 3round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Be around

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

encircle; environ; surround; circle; round; ring

Context examples:

Developments surround the town / The river encircles the village

Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):

bear; carry; contain; hold (contain or hold; have within)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "round"):

twine (coil around)

wreath; wreathe (encircle with or as if with a wreath)

begird; gird; girt; girth (encircle or bind)

cloister (surround with a cloister, as of a garden)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something


Sense 4round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Pronounce with rounded lips

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

labialise; labialize; round

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 5round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Attack in speech or writing

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

lash out; attack; snipe; assault; assail; round

Context example:

The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

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"):

rubbish (attack strongly)

blister; scald; whip (subject to harsh criticism)

barrage; bombard (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage)

whang (attack forcefully)

rip (criticize or abuse strongly and violently)

vitriol (subject to bitter verbal abuse)

claw (attack as if with claws)

abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout (use foul or abusive language towards)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP


Sense 6round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

polish up; brush up; round off; polish; round

Context example:

polish your social manners

Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):

hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 7round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Express as a round number

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

round down; round out; round off; round

Context example:

round off the amount

Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 8round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Become round, plump, or shapely

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

flesh out; fill out; round

Context example:

The young woman is fleshing out

Hypernyms (to "round" is one way to...):

gain; put on (increase (one's body weight))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


ROUND (adverb)


Sense 1round [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

From beginning to end; throughout

Synonyms:

round; around

Context examples:

It rains all year round on Skye / frigid weather the year around


English Proverbs
"Early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese."
(English proverb)
"On the battlefield, there is no distinction between upper and lower class."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"Fire is more bearable than disgrace."
(Arabic proverb)
"Fire burns where it strikes."
(Cypriot proverb)


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