Definitions
1.verbTo shape something into a curve."The carpenter rounded the edges of the table."
2.verbTo become shaped into a curve.
3.verb(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out."She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class."
4.verbTo approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number."Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred."
5.verbTo turn past a boundary."Helen watched him until he rounded the corner."
6.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."
7.verbTo advance to home plate."And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones."
8.verbTo go round, pass, go past.
9.verbTo encircle; to encompass.
10.verbTo grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
11.verbTo do ward rounds.
12.verbTo go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
13.verbTo go or turn round; to wheel about.
14.verbTo speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
15.verbTo address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
16.nounThe act by which a numerical value is rounded.
17.nounThe numerical value obtained by this process.
18.nounThe act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
19.nounA rounded surface; a curve.
20.nounIn bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.
21.adjectiveRound or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.