round

• about
• abroad
• across
• afloat
• agglomerate
• all over
• ample
• annular
• annulet
• arc
• arch
• around
• athwart
• back
• backward
• backwards
• ball
• balled
• band
• bead
• beat
• becket
• beefy
• behind
• belt
• bend
• blubbery
• bow
• brawny
• bulbous
• bulky
• bunch
• burly
• buxom
• chain
• chubby
• chunky
• cincture
• circle
• circlet
• circuit
• circular
• circumambulate
• circumnavigate
• circumvent
• cirque
• clump
• coil
• collar
• compass
• corn-fed
• corpulent
• counter
• counterclockwise
• course
• crook
• cross
• curl
• curlicue
• curve
• curved
• cycle
• cylindric
• cylindrical
• deep
• development
• deviate
• disciform
• discoid
• discoidal
• disklike
• down
• downward
• downwards
• dumpy
• ellipse
• elliptic
• elliptical
• encircle
• endomorphic
• even
• everyplace
• everywhere
• exact
• eye
• fall off
• fat
• flabby
• flat
• fleshy
• full
• furl
• girdle
• global
• globe
• globular
• golden
• gross
• hank
• heavy
• heavyset
• hefty
• hereabout
• hereabouts
• hippy
• hook
• hoop
• hooplike
• husky
• lardy
• loop
• looped
• loud
• lump
• mellifluent
• mellifluous
• mellow
• merry-go-round
• obese
• oblong
• obversely
• on
• orb
• orbit
• orotund
• oval
• ovate
• over
• overweight
• ovoid
• ovoidal
• pattern
• paunchy
• pearl
• pellet
• pelletize
• perambulate
• plangent
• plummy
• plump
• plumpish
• podgy
• portly
• potbellied
• powerful
• precise
• progression
• pudgy
• rearward
• rearwards
• replete
• resonant
• resounding
• reverberant
• reverberating
• reverberative
• reversely
• revolution
• rich
• ring
• ringing
• ringlet
• ringlike
• ripe
• roll
• roly-poly
• rotation
• rotund
• rounded
• roundel
• roundish
• run
• sequence
• series
• soft
• sonorous
• sphere
• spherical
• spiral
• spire
• squat
• stentorian
• stocky
• stout
• string
• stubby
• succession
• sweep
• swerve
• syndrome
• thick
• thickset
• through
• throughout
• thundering
• thunderous
• train
• traverse
• trend
• tubby
• turn
• turnover
• twirl
• twist
• veer
• vibrant
• wad
• weighty
• wheel
• whorl
• widdershins
• wind
• withershins
• wreath
• zaftig
• zodiac
• zoftig

• angular
• anorexic
• approximate
• boney
• bony
• cadaverous
• cavernous
• clockwise
• comparative
• deasil
• ectomorphic
• emaciated
• faint
• flatten
• gaunt
• haggard
• hollow
• imprecise
• lank
• lanky
• lean
• low
• murmurous
• muted
• near
• nonspherical
• open
• pinched
• puny
• rangy
• rawboned
• reedy
• relative
• scraggy
• scrawny
• sinewy
• skeletal
• skinny
• slender
• slight
• slim
• smooth
• smothered
• soft
• spare
• spindling
• spindly
• spread
• straighten
• stringy
• svelte
• sylphlike
• thin
• tinny
• twiggy
• unfold
• unroll
• waspish
• wasted
• weak
• weedy
• willowy

• adverb
  1. So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
  2. So as to surround or be near.
  3. Nearly; approximately; about.
  4. From place to place.
  5. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
  6. (with turn, spin etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
  7. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
  8. Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
• preposition
  1. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
  2. (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.
  3. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
  4. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
  5. Near; in the vicinity of.
  6. At or to various places within.
• noun
  1. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  2. A circular or repetitious route.
  3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  4. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  5. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  6. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  7. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  8. A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  9. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
  10. One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
  11. A stage, level, set of events in a game.
  12. (drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
  13. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
  14. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  15. A rung, as of a ladder.
  16. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  17. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
  18. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
  19. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  20. A circular dance.
  21. Rotation, as in office; succession.
  22. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  23. An assembly; a group; a circle.
  24. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  25. A vessel filled, as for drinking.
  26. A round-top.
  27. A round of beef.
  28. A whisper; whispering.
  29. Discourse; song.
• verb
  1. To shape something into a curve.
  2. To become shaped into a curve.
  3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  4. To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  5. To turn past a boundary.
  6. To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  7. To advance to home plate.
  8. To go round, pass, go past.
  9. To encircle; to encompass.
  10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  11. To do ward rounds.
  12. To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
  13. To go or turn round; to wheel about.
  14. To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
  15. To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
• adjective
  1. (physical) Shape.
  2. Complete, whole, not lacking.
  3. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  4. Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
  5. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
  6. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
  7. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
  8. Large in magnitude.
  9. (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
  10. Vaulted.

• We sat in a round circle and shared stories.
• The boxer won the first round of the match.
• She made a round cake for the birthday party.
• He looked round the room before speaking.
• They played another round of cards after dinner.

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