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round

/raʊnd/
/raʊnd/
IPA guide

Other forms: rounded; rounds; rounding; roundest

Round things are either shaped like circles or have curves, like a baby's round belly or a round basketball.

A cookie is usually round, and so is Santa Claus. When you use round as a verb, it means to form something into a circular or spherical shape: "Round the dough and then press it into the pan." In math, round means to go up or down to the nearest whole number: "Round the bill up before you figure out how much to tip your server." The Latin root, rotundus, means "like a wheel."

Definitions of round
  1. adjective
    having a circular shape
    synonyms: circular
    apple-shaped
    having the general shape of an apple
    ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical
    having the shape of a sphere or ball
    barrel-shaped
    having the general shape of a barrel
    bulb-shaped, bulblike, bulbous
    shaped like a bulb
    capitate
    being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip
    coccoid
    spherical; like a coccus
    cumuliform
    shaped like a cumulus cloud
    disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike
    having a flat circular shape
    goblet-shaped
    resembling the shape of a goblet
    moon-round, moonlike
    resembling the moon in shape
    nutlike
    resembling a nut in shape and size
    pancake-like
    resembling a pancake in shape
    pear-shaped
    having a round shape tapered at one end
    pinwheel-shaped
    having the round shape of a pinwheel
    ringlike
    having the shape of a ring
    roundish
    somewhat round in appearance or form
    wheel-like
    round like a wheel
    rounded
    curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
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    square
    having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
    quadrate
    having four sides and four angles
    right-angled
    forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles
    squared
    having been made square
    squarish
    somewhat square in appearance or form
    angular, angulate
    having angles or an angular shape
  2. noun
    any circular or rotating mechanism
    synonyms: circle
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    types:
    disc, disk
    a flat circular plate
    acetate disk, phonograph recording disk
    a disk coated with cellulose acetate
    brake disk
    a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads
    deadeye
    (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
    diaphragm
    electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
    discus, saucer
    a disk used in throwing competitions
    Frisbee
    a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition
    coin blank, planchet
    a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
    hockey puck, puck
    a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
    token
    a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
    type of:
    rotating mechanism
    a mechanism that rotates
  3. noun
    a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
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    type of:
    cut of beef
    cut of meat from beef cattle
  4. verb
    make round
    round the edges”
    synonyms: round off, round out
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    types:
    purse
    contract one's lips into a rounded shape
    pooch, pooch out
    round one's lips as if intending to kiss
    type of:
    form, shape
    give shape or form to
  5. verb
    become round, plump, or shapely
    synonyms: fill out, flesh out
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    type of:
    gain, put on
    increase (one's body weight)