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1.adverbSo as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof."High above, vultures circled around."
2.adverbSo as to surround or be near."Everybody please gather around."
3.adverbNearly; approximately; about."An adult elephant weighs around five tons."
4.adverbFrom place to place."Look around and see what you find."
5.adverbFrom one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement."He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around."
6.adverb(with turn, spin etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction."She spun around a few times."
7.adverbUsed with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people."I asked around, and no-one really liked it."
8.adverbUsed with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
9.prepositionDefining a circle or closed curve containing a thing."I planted a row of lilies around the statue."
10.preposition(of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding."There has been a lot of controversy around the handling of personal information."
11.prepositionFollowing the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point."She went around the track fifty times."
12.prepositionFollowing a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve."The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on."
13.prepositionNear; in the vicinity of."I don't want you around me."
14.prepositionAt or to various places within."She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card."
15.nounA circular or spherical object or part of an object.
16.nounA circular or repetitious route."The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon."
17.nounA general outburst from a group of people at an event."The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two."
18.nounA song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
19.nounA serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group."They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes."
20.nounA single individual portion or dose of medicine.
21.nounOne sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
22.nounA long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
23.nounA 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.
24.nounOne 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.
25.nounA stage, level, set of events in a game
26.noun(drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
27.nounA strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes."All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices."
28.noun(butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
29.nounA rung, as of a ladder.
30.nounA crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
31.nounA series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution."the round of the seasons a round of pleasures"
32.nounA course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
33.nounA series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
34.nounA circular dance.
35.nounRotation, as in office; succession.
36.nounA general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
37.nounAn assembly; a group; a circle."a round of politicians"
38.nounA brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
39.nounA vessel filled, as for drinking.
40.nounA round-top.
41.nounA round of beef.
42.verbTo shape something into a curve."The carpenter rounded the edges of the table."
43.verbTo become shaped into a curve.
44.verb(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out."She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class."
45.verbTo approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number."Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred."
46.verbTo turn past a boundary."Helen watched him until he rounded the corner."
47.verbTo turn and attack someone or something (used with on)."As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm."
48.verbTo advance to home plate."And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones."
49.verbTo go round, pass, go past.
50.verbTo encircle; to encompass.
51.verbTo grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
52.verbTo do ward rounds.
53.verbTo go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
54.verbTo go or turn round; to wheel about.
55.adjective(physical) Shape.
56.adjectiveComplete, whole, not lacking."The baker sold us a round dozen."
57.adjective(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero."One hundred is a nice round number."
58.adjectivePronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
59.adjectiveOutspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing."a round answer; a round oath"
60.adjectiveFinished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
61.adjectiveConsistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
62.adjectiveLarge in magnitude."a round sum"
63.adjective(authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
64.adjectiveVaulted.