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1. Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
   "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
    
2. Well developed or balanced
   "a well-rounded person"

1. Wind around; move along a circular course
   "round the bend"
    
2. Make round
   "round the edges";
   - round out, round off
    
3. Pronounce with rounded lips
   - labialize, labialise [Brit]
    
4. Aggressively challenge in speech or writing
   "The editors of the left-leaning paper rounded the new House Speaker";
   - attack, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
    
5. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
   "round your social manners";
   - polish, round off, polish up, brush up
    
6. Express as a round number
   "round off the amount"; "round down the amount";
   - round off, round down, round out
    
7. Become round, plump, or shapely
   "The young woman is rounding";
   - flesh out, fill out

See also: allantoid, almond-shaped, amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal, annular, annulate, annulated, aspheric, aspherical, auriform, bean-shaped, bowfront, circinate, circular, coiled, crescent, crescent-shaped, cycloid, cycloidal, cylindric, cylindrical, disciform, domed, dome-shaped, doughnut-shaped, ear-like, ear-shaped, egg-shaped, ellipsoid, ellipsoidal, elliptic, elliptical, fat, hyperboloidal, lingulate, lunar, lunate, oblate, olivelike, olive-like, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, parabolic, parabolical, paraboloidal, pillar-shaped, pineal, plumlike, prolate, pumpkin-shaped, ringed, ring-shaped, rodlike, rod-shaped, rotund, round, sausage-shaped, semilunar, spheroidal, terete, tongue-shaped, umbrellalike, vaulted, watermelon-shaped

Type of: alter, articulate, change, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], enounce, enunciate, form, gain, go, hone, knock [informal], locomote, modify, move, perfect, pick apart, pronounce, put on, say, shape, sound out, travel

Antonym: angular

Encyclopedia: Rounded