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Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

Loosely or approximately circular.

Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

Plump.

Complete, whole, not lacking.

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

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

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

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

(obsolete) Consistent; fair; just; {{n-g|applied to conduct}}.

Large in magnitude.

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

(architecture) Vaulted.

Returning to its starting point.

A circular or spherical object or part of an object.

A circular or repetitious route.

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

A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.

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

A single individual portion or dose of medicine.

(UK) One slice of bread.

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

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

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.

(segment) (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.

(stage) A stage, level, set of events in a game

(sports) A stage in a competition.

(sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.

(video games) A stage or level of a game.

(cards) The play after each deal.

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

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

(butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.

(dated) A rung, as of a ladder.

A crosspiece that 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.

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

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

📑 Synonyms: routine

A circular dance.

Rotation, as in office; succession.

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

An assembly; a group; a circle.

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

(archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.

(nautical) A round-top.

A round of beef.

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To shape something into a curve.

To become shaped into a curve.

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

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.

To turn past a boundary.

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

(baseball) To advance to home plate.

To go round, pass, go past.

To encircle; to encompass.

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

(colloquial) To do ward rounds.

To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

To go or turn round; to wheel about.

(Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

(Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

(Scotland) A whisper; whispering.

(Scotland) Discourse; song.