round

Verb

• become round, plump, or shapely
  • The young woman is fleshing out
    

• express as a round number
  • round off the amount
    

• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
  • polish your social manners
    

• attack in speech or writing
  • The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
    

• pronounce with rounded lips

• make round
  • round the edges
    

• wind around; move along a circular course
  • round the bend
    

Noun

• any circular or rotating mechanism
  • the machine punched out metal circles
    

• a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

• an outburst of applause
  • there was a round of applause
    

• 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
  • they enjoyed singing rounds
    

• a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg

• a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
  • he ordered a second round
    

• the course along which communications spread
  • the story is going the rounds in Washington
    

• (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive

• the usual activities in your day
  • the doctor made his rounds
    

• the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
  • a round of golf takes about 4 hours
    

• (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
  • the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning
    
  • the postman's rounds
    
  • we enjoyed our round of the local bars
    

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman
  • in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
    

• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
  • the never-ending cycle of the seasons
    

• a charge of ammunition for a single shot

Adverb

• from beginning to end; throughout
  • It rains all year round on Skye
    
  • frigid weather the year around
    

Adjective

• (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
  • in round numbers
    

• (of sounds) full and rich
  • orotund tones
    
  • the rotund and reverberating phrase
    
  • pear-shaped vowels
    

• having a circular shape

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  flesh out , fill out , round off , round down , round out , polish , polish up , brush up , attack , assail , lash out , snipe , assault , labialize , labialise , circle , rung , stave , troll , round of drinks , turn , bout , daily round , round of golf , beat , cycle , rhythm , unit of ammunition , one shot ,