"Round" is a word in ENGLISH
To whisper.
To go or turn round; to wheel about.
See Roundtop.
Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
A circular dance.
Same as Round of beef, below.
In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.
To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods
in writing.
A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded,
the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in
even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or
point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
On all sides; around.
A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or
four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the
unison.
Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
round note.
To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a
round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the
edges of anything.
Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as,
twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.
To go round, as a guard.
To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence,
to bring to a fit conclusion.
A course of action or conduct performed by a number of
persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which
each soldier fires once.
Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to
their style.
Roundly; fully; vigorously.
Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. \"The golden
round\" [the crown].
To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness,
completeness, or perfection.
On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a
cable round a windlass.
A vessel filled, as for drinking.
A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart
of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are
faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his
attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual
contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
of a musket is round.
That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round
of applause.
By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
course; back to the starting point.
Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference
equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form
approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a
round ball.
From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns
round.
Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere;
rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch;
round hills.
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening,
making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized;
labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat;
especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of
traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the
postman.
Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
round price.
A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn,
and then repeated.
Rotation, as in office; succession.
The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece
which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a
series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical
revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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Around; all round; on every side of.
Read the complete definitionTo a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn …
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Read the complete definitionCollected into a rounded head of flowers.
Read the complete definitionA round white staylace.
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Read the complete definitionalimángu n k. o. edible crab of tidal swamps, black on the back, but lighter on the inside and on …
Read the complete definitionalimbuyungán - A whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex, a rapid circular current of air or water. (cf. búyung—to revolve or turn …
Read the complete definitionalintagá - A step, rung or round of a ladder; a stair of a flight of stairs or of a …
Read the complete definitionálom - A tree, whose bark is superstitiously worn by some in the form of a collar round the neck …
Read the complete definitionaluntagá - Step, rung, round (of a ladder), stair (of a flight of stairs). (cf. alintagá).
Read the complete definitionamapúng n wild vine with round leaves and bell-shaped white axillary flowers. The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Read the complete definitionambílay - A shawl or cover for the shoulders; to cover the shoulders and back, put round the shoulders. Iambílay …
Read the complete definitionTwo-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
Read the complete definitionA narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
Read the complete definitionanonóo - A kind of banana whose fruit is not round, but has rather sharp ridges with flat surfaces between. …
Read the complete definitionanúnang n k. o. small tree with a yellow-white fruit like a cherry, round and with a single pit: Cordia …
Read the complete definitionanyag a for s.t. in nature or women to be beautiful. v [AB2; b5] become, make beautiful. Naanyag si Maríya …
Read the complete definitionAnything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
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