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round
/raʊnd/
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  1. noun
    a regular route for a sentry or policeman

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    beat
    type of:
    itinerary route path
  2. noun
    an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

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    cycle rhythm
  3. noun
    the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
    "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"

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    round of golf
    type of:
    golf game golf
  4. verb
    attack in speech or writing

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    assail assault attack lash out snipe
  5. verb
    become round, plump, or shapely

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    fill out flesh out
    type of:
    gain put on
  6. adjective
    having the shape or form of a circle

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    circular wheel-like apple-shaped ball-shaped barrel-shaped bulb-shaped bulblike bulbous capitate coccoid cumuliform disc-shaped disclike discoid discoidal disk-shaped disklike global globose globular goblet-shaped moon-round moonlike nutlike orbicular pancake-like pear-shaped pinwheel-shaped ringlike roundish spheric spherical
    Opposite:
    square
  7. noun
    any circular or rotating mechanism

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    circle
  8. noun
    the usual activities in your day
    "the doctor made his rounds"

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    daily round
    type of:
    habitude
  9. noun
    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"

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    troll
    type of:
    partsong
  10. verb
    bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

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    brush up polish polish up round off
    type of:
    perfect hone
  11. noun
    a charge of ammunition for a single shot

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    one shot unit of ammunition
    type of:
    ammo ammunition
  12. verb
    pronounce with rounded lips

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    labialise labialize
  13. adjective
    (of sounds) full and rich

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    orotund pear-shaped rotund full
  14. adverb
    from beginning to end; throughout
    "It rains all year round on Skye" "frigid weather the year around"

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    around
  15. noun
    (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive

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    bout turn
  16. verb
    make round
    "round the edges"

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    round off round out
    type of:
    shape form
  17. noun
    a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
    "he ordered a second round"

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    round of drinks
  18. verb
    express as a round number
    "round off the amount"

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    round down round off round out
    type of:
    change modify alter
  19. noun
    a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

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    rung stave
  20. noun
    a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
    type of:
    cut of beef
  21. noun
    an outburst of applause
    "there was a round of applause"
  22. adjective
    (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
    "in round numbers"

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    inexact
  23. noun
    (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"
    type of:
    call
  24. noun
    the course along which communications spread
    "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
    type of:
    path course track
  25. verb
    wind around; move along a circular course
    "round the bend"
    type of:
    locomote move travel go
Usage of round
  • "plural form"
  • "plural"
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