round
/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/ verb B2- To shape something into a curve. · The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
- To become shaped into a curve.
- To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out. · She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
- 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. · The exact amount was $101.65, but we rounded it to $100.· 95.9 rounds to 96.
- To turn past a boundary. · Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
- To 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.
- To advance to home plate. · And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
- To go round, pass, go past.
He/she/it rounds · Past rounded · Past participle rounded · -ing form rounding
Verb forms
- Base form
- round
- He/she/it
- rounds
- Past
- rounded
- Past participle
- rounded
- -ing form
- rounding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- round down To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not g...
- round in To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) throug...
- round off To change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother an...
- round on To turn and attack someone or something.
- round out To become rounder or plumper.
- round up To collect or gather (something) together.
From the library
The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof.
The shipowner, smiling, followed him with his eyes until he saw him spring out on the quay and disappear in the midst of the throng, which from five o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock at night, swarms in the famous street of La Canebière,—a street of which the modern Phocéens are so proud that they say with all the gravity in the world, and with that accent which gives so much character to what is said, “If Paris had La Canebière, Paris would be a second Marseilles.” On turning round the owner saw Danglars behind him, apparently awaiting orders, but in reality also watching the young sailor,—but there was a great difference in the expression of the two men who thus followed the movements of Edmond Dantès.
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Château d’If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgiou and Rion island.
The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did not await the arrival of the vessel in harbor, but jumping into a small skiff, desired to be pulled alongside the Pharaon, which he reached as she rounded into La Réserve basin.
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