round : Idioms & Phrases

• over the whole place; in every direction.

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• adjective satellite many-sided
  all-round; all-around.
  
  • an all-around athlete
  • a well-rounded curriculum

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• of general capacity; as, an all-round man. Colloq.

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• noun a versatile person who is expert at many things
  all arounder.
  
  • she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years
• adjective satellite many-sided
  all-round; all-around.
  
  • an all-around athlete
  • a well-rounded curriculum

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• verb invite someone to one's house
  ask over; invite.
  
  • Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?

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• rapidly. Dryden.

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• noun cut from the round; suitable for pot roast
  

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• verb cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
  bring around.
  
  • His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school
• verb return to consciousness
  bring to; bring back; bring around.
  
  • These pictures bring back sad memories

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• verb move around in a circular motion
  revolve around; circle around.
  
  • The Earth revolves around the Sun

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• verb change one's position or opinion
  come around.
  
  • He came around to our point of view

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• (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels.

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• noun the usual activities in your day
  round.
  
  • the doctor made his rounds

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• . (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds . See 10 (a), above. (b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. Obs.

  Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers do what they can. B. Jonson.

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• . (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; said of a file.

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• a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside.

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• approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.

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• noun (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights
  King Arthur's Round Table.
  

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• noun in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court
  

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• noun a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)
  
  • if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over
• noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
  roundabout; whirligig; carrousel; carousel.
  

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Mer"ry-go`-round" noun

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1. Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

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• adjective satellite resembling the moon in shape
  moonlike.
  

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• noun the route taken when delivering newspapers every day
  paper route.
  

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• verb continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
  survive; make it; come through; pull through.
  
  • He survived the cancer against all odds

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• noun a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
  ovolo; thumb.
  

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Quar"ter round`

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1. (Arch.) An ovolo.

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• an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle." Num. xi. 24.

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• noun an angle of 360 degrees
  perigon.
  

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• noun an arch formed in a continuous curve; characteristic of Roman architecture
  

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• (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right cylinder.

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• noun bones that are round in shape
  

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• noun Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
  quahaug; quahog; hard-shell clam.
  
• noun an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
  hard-shell clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; quahaug; hard clam; Venus mercenaria; quahog.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the quahog.

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• noun a folk dance; dancers form a circle
  ring dance.
  
• noun a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement
  round dance.
  

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• one which is danced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.

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• noun a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement
  round dance.
  

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• verb express as a round number
  round down; round; round off.
  
  • round off the amount

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• noun a file with a circular cross section; used to file the inside of holes
  

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• a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account.

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• noun a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves
  

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• a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; distinguished from running hand.

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• noun shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats
  marumi kumquat; marumi; Fortunella japonica.
  

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• noun ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora
  ligamentum teres uteri.
  

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• the part of the thigh below the aitchbone, or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of beef.

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• noun a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
  round.
  
  • he ordered a second round

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• noun the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
  round.
  
  • a round of golf takes about 4 hours

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• verb make round
  round; round off.
  
  • round the edges
• verb bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
  polish up; polish; round; brush up.
  
  • polish your social manners
• verb express as a round number
  round down; round; round off.
  
  • round off the amount

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• verb fill out
  finish out.
  
  • These studies round out the results of many years of research
• verb make bigger or better or more complete
  fill out.
  
• verb express as a round number
  round down; round; round off.
  
  • round off the amount
• verb make round
  round; round off.
  
  • round the edges

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• noun a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
  
• noun a letter signed by a number of people
  

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• . Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon. (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so as not to indicate who signed first. "No round robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the Porch." De Quincey. (b) (Zoöl.) The cigar fish.

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• noun small fusiform fish of western Atlantic
  quiaquia; Decapterus punctatus; cigarfish.
  

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• noun a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
  

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• noun a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
  cannon ball; cannonball.
  

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• a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.

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• noun a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank
  

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• a beefsteak cut from the round.

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• noun a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
  roundtable; round table.
  
  • a roundtable on the future of computing
• noun (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights
  King Arthur's Round Table.
  

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• the table about which sat King Arthur and his knights. See Knights of the Round Table, under Knight.

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• adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
  
  • it used to drive my husband balmy

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• adverb without stopping
  for 24 hours; around the clock.
  
  • she worked around the clock

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• noun a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
  circus tent; big top; top.
  
  • he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent
  • they had the big top up in less than an hour

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• one of certain lofty circular stone towers, tapering from the base upward, and usually having a conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, found chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.

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• noun a trip to some place and back again
  

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• one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. Addison.

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• (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a belaying pin, etc.

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• verb seek out and bring together
  
  • round up some loyal followers

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• noun a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia
  Prosopium cylindraceum; Menominee whitefish.
  

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• noun fenestra leading into the cochlea
  fenestra cochleae; fenestra rotunda; fenestra of the cochlea.
  

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• adjective satellite with the arm swung round at shoulder height
  
  • round-arm bowling
• adverb with an outward or horizontal swing of the arm
  
  • he hit the ball round-arm

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Round"-arm` adjective

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1. (Cricket) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor.

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• adjective satellite having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
  crooked; stooping; hunched; stooped; round-backed.
  
  • a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

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Round"-backed` adjective

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1. Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

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• adjective satellite having a rounded bottom
  round-bottom.
  
  • round-bottom flasks

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• noun a spherical flask with a narrow neck
  

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• adjective satellite having a rounded bottom
  round-bottom.
  
  • round-bottom flasks

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• adjective satellite exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
  simple; wide-eyed; dewy-eyed; childlike.
  
  • childlike trust
  • dewy-eyed innocence
  • listened in round-eyed wonder
• adjective satellite having large round wide-open eyes
  saucer-eyed.
  

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• adjective satellite having a round face
  moon-faced.
  

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• adjective satellite bearing round fruit
  

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• noun Old World leek with a spherical bulb
  Allium sphaerocephalum.
  

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• noun orchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground; from northern Oregon and Montana across Canada to the eastern United States
  Habenaria orbiculata.
  

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• adjective satellite having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
  crooked; stooping; hunched; stooped; round-backed.
  
  • a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

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Round"-shoul`dered adjective

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1. Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.

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• noun a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores; found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains
  Gyromitra sphaerospora.
  

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• noun a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
  roundtable; round table.
  
  • a roundtable on the future of computing

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• noun of Florida wetlands
  Neofiber alleni; Florida water rat.
  

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• adjective satellite at all times
  around-the-clock; day-and-night; nonstop.
  
  • around-the-clock nursing care

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• noun a continuous nonstop patrol
  

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• noun the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point
  RTLT.
  

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• noun a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)
  return ticket.
  

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Round"-up` noun

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1. The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. Western U.S.

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• noun (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
  rounding.
  
  • the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding
  • taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small

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• sculpture giving the full form, as of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.

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• noun a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage
  arena theater.
  

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• . (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct . (b) To restore one to health . Colloq.

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• to cause (any one) to stop abruptly. Colloq.

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• to stop abruptly. Colloq.

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• . (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover. Colloq. (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle. Colloq.
• to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. Colloq.

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• to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.

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• Etymol. uncertain. (Naut.) To turn the ship's head.

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• (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. Totten. (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as on cattle ranches round up . Western U.S.

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• (Naut.), to turn the head of a ship toward the wind.

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• to make a complete circuit. Colloq.

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• . (a) To change position so as to face in another direction. (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or party to another.

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• noun roast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting
  

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• (Fort.), a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town.

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• verb turn into the wind
  tack.
  
  • The sailors decided to tack the boat
  • The boat tacked

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• adjective satellite many-sided
  all-round; all-around.
  
  • an all-around athlete
  • a well-rounded curriculum

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• noun (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose
  

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• adjective operating or continuing throughout the year
  year-around.
  
  • a year-round resort
  • a year-round job

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