round
round is a 5-letter English word with 71 senses as transitive/intransitive verb, adjective, noun, adverb, preposition, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To whisper. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive/intransitive verb. To whisper.
- adjective. Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
- adjective. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
- adjective. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.
- adjective. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
- adjective. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
- adjective. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
- adjective. Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
- adjective. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
- adjective. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.
- adjective. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
- noun. Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].
- noun. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
- noun. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- noun. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- noun. A circular dance.
- noun. That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.
- noun. Rotation, as in office; succession.
- noun. The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- noun. A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.
- noun. A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
- noun. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- noun. Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.
- noun. A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.
- noun. The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
- noun. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- noun. A vessel filled, as for drinking.
- noun. An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.
- noun. See Roundtop.
- noun. Same as Round of beef, below.
- adverb. On all sides; around.
- adverb. Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.
- adverb. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
- adverb. From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
- adverb. By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
- adverb. Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
- adverb. Roundly; fully; vigorously.
- preposition. On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.
- transitive verb. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.
- transitive verb. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
- transitive verb. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.
- transitive verb. To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
- transitive verb. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
- intransitive verb. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- intransitive verb. To go round, as a guard.
- intransitive verb. To go or turn round; to wheel about.
- noun. the usual activities in your day
"the doctor made his rounds"
- noun. the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
"a round of golf takes about 4 hours"
- noun. (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
"the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"
"the postman's rounds"
- noun. any circular or rotating mechanism
"the machine punched out metal circles"
- noun. a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- noun. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- noun. an outburst of applause
"there was a round of applause"
- noun. 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
"they enjoyed singing rounds"
- noun. a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- noun. a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
"he ordered a second round"
- noun. a regular route for a sentry or policeman
"in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
- noun. the course along which communications spread
"the story is going the rounds in Washington"
- noun. (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- noun. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
"the never-ending cycle of the seasons"
- verb. become round, plump, or shapely
"The young woman is fleshing out"
- verb. make round
"round the edges"
- verb. express as a round number
"round off the amount"
- verb. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
"polish your social manners"
- verb. attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- verb. pronounce with rounded lips
- verb. wind around; move along a circular course
"round the bend"
- adjective. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
"in round numbers"
- adjective. (of sounds) full and rich
"orotund tones"
"the rotund and reverberating phrase"
- adjective. having a circular shape
- adverb. from beginning to end; throughout
"It rains all year round on Skye"
"frigid weather the year around"
Synonyms
circle, rung, stave, troll, beat, bout, turn, cycle, rhythm, polish, assail, assault, attack, snipe, labialise, labialize, orotund, rotund, circular, around
Common word forms
rounds, rounded, rounder, roundly, roundest, rounding, roundness
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