Word Finder - round

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(physical) Of shape:

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Complete, whole, not lacking.

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(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

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(phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.

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Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.

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Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.

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(obsolete) Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.

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Large in magnitude.

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(authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.

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(architecture) Vaulted.

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Returning to its starting point.

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A circular or spherical object or part of an object.

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A circular or repetitious route.

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A general outburst from a group of people at an event.

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(countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.

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A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.

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A single individual portion or dose of medicine.

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(UK) One slice of bread.

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One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).

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(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.

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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.

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(sports) 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.

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A stage, level, set of events in a game

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(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.

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A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

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(butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.

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(dated) A rung, as of a ladder.

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A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.

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A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.

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A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

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A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

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A circular dance.

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Rotation, as in office; succession.

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A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.

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An assembly; a group; a circle.

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A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

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(archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.

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(nautical) A round-top.

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(rare in US) Alternative form of around

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(used postpositively, rare in US) Alternative form of around

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Alternative form of around

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(transitive) To shape something into a curve.

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(intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.

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(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.

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(transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.

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(transitive) To turn past a boundary.

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(intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

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(transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.

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(transitive) To go round, pass, go past.

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To encircle; to encompass.

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To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

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(medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.

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(obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

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(obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

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(intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

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(transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

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(archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.

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(archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.