1. Having the shape or form of a circle
   "They sat at a round table for the meeting";
   - circular
    
2. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
   "in round numbers"
    
3. (of sounds) full and rich
   "round tones";
   - orotund, rotund, pear-shaped

1. A charge of ammunition for a single shot
   "The soldier carefully loaded one round into the rifle";
   - unit of ammunition, one shot
    
2. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
   "the never-ending round of the seasons";
   - cycle, rhythm
    
3. (sport) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
   "He scored two goals in the first round";
   - turn, bout
    
4. Any circular or rotating mechanism
   "the machine punched out metal rounds";
   - circle
    
5. The usual activities in your day
   "the doctor made his rounds"; "His daily round included a morning jog, work, and evening reading";
   - daily round
    
6. A regular route for a sentry or policeman
   "in the old days a policeman walked a round and knew all his people by name";
   - beat
    
7. (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
   "we enjoyed our round of the local bars"; "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"
    
8. A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
   "he ordered a second round";
   - round of drinks
    
9. 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";
   - troll
    
10. An outburst of applause
    "there was a round of applause"
     
11. The course along which communications spread
    "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
     
12. The activity of playing 18 holes of golf
    "a round of golf takes about 4 hours";
    - round of golf
     
13. A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
    "She chose a top round roast for Sunday dinner"
     
14. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair
    "The carpenter replaced the broken round on the ladder";
    - rung, stave

1. Make round
   "round the edges";
   - round out, round off
    
2. Become round, plump, or shapely
   "Her figure rounded during pregnancy";
   - flesh out, fill out
    
3. Express as a round number
   "round off the amount"; "Let's round out the total to the nearest hundred";
   - round off, round out
    
4. Wind around; move along a circular course
   "round the bend"
    
5. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
   "round your social manners";
   - polish, round off, polish up, brush up
    
6. Aggressively challenge in speech or writing
   "The critic rounded on the author's latest work";
   - attack, assail, lash out, assault
    
7. Pronounce with rounded lips
   "In some languages, certain consonants are rounded";
   - labialize, labialise [Brit]

1. From beginning to end; throughout
   "It rains all year round on Skye";
   - around

1. On all sides; so as to encircle
   "The children danced round the maypole";
   - around
    
2. In the whole extent of; everywhere
   "climate change will be a problem round the world";
   - throughout, over, all over, all around, across, around

Derived forms: rounder, roundest, rounded, rounding, rounds

See also: apple-shaped, ball-shaped, barrel-shaped, bulblike, bulbous, bulb-shaped, capitate, coccoid, cumuliform, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disc-shaped, disklike, disk-shaped, full, global, globate, globe-shaped, globoid, globose, globular, goblet-shaped, inexact, moonlike, moon-round, nutlike, orbicular, pancake-like, pear-shaped, pinwheel-shaped, ringlike, rounded, roundish, spheric [rare], spherical, wheel-like

Type of: alter, ammo [informal], ammunition, applause, articulate, call, change, clapping, course, criticise [Brit], criticize, crosspiece, cut of beef, damn [informal], division, enounce [archaic], enunciate, form, gain, go, golf, golf game, habitude [archaic], hand clapping, helping, hone, interval, itinerary, knock [informal], locomote, modify, move, part, partsong, path, perfect, pick apart, portion, pronounce, put on, rotating mechanism, route, say, section, serving, shape, sound out, time interval, track, travel

Part of: feeding chair, folding chair, highchair, period of play, play, playing period, rocker, rocking chair, side chair, straight chair

Encyclopedia: Round, John