round
What is the Definition of round?
Noun:
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- (often plural)
- usually in a set order
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- the usual activities in your day
- (sports)
- the course along which communications spread
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- 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
- an outburst of applause
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- any circular or rotating mechanism
Verb:
- wind around; move along a circular course
- make round
- pronounce with rounded lips
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
- express as a round number
- become round, plump, or shapely
Adjective:
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (of sounds)
- (mathematics)
Adverb:
- from beginning to end; throughout
How can I use round in a sentence?
Scabbers the rat was hanging off his finger, sharp little teeth sunk deep into Goyle's knuckle — Crabbe and Malfoy backed away as Goyle swung Scabbers round and round, howling, and when Scabbers finally flew off and hit the window, all three of them disappeared at once.
I brought Ron round — that took a while — and we were dashing up to the owlery to contact Dumbledore when we met him in the entrance hall — he already knew — he just said, ‘Harry's gone after him, has not he?' and hurtled off to the third floor.
Great Uncle Algie came round for dinner, and he was hanging me out of an upstairs window by the ankles when my Great Auntie Enid offered him a meringue and he accidentally let go.
Dudley was sniffling in the back seat; his father had hit him round the head for holding them up while he tried to pack his television, VCR, and computer in his sports bag.
They all scrambled through it — Neville needed a leg up — and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room, a cozy, round room full of squashy armchairs.
Other meanings of round (synonyms, cognates).
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| round trip |
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| round up |
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| roundabout |
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| rounded |
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| roundhouse |
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| rounding |
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| rounding error |
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| roundish |
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| roundly |
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| roundoff error |
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| roundup |
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