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round
1. adjective /ˈɹaʊnd/
a) Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.

b) Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.

Syn: circular, cylindrical, discoid, spherical, rounded, plump, rotund, complete, entire, whole
2. noun /ˈɹaʊnd/
a) A circular object.

All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place.

b) A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.

The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.

Syn: rump
Ant: fillet
3. preposition /ˈɹaʊnd/
Alternative form of around.

I look round the room quick to make sure its neat looking.

4. adverb /ˈɹaʊnd/
Alternative form of around.
5. verb /ˈɹaʊnd/
a) To shape something into a curve.

The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.

b) To become shaped into a curve.

The girls figure, he perceived, was admirably proportioned; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence.


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