noun

A throw made in this way

roundˈ-backed adjective

round dance noun

1. A dance in a ring
2. A dance in which couples revolve about each other

roundˈ-down noun

An instance of rounding down (see rounding above)

roundˈ-eared adjective

roundˈ-eyed adjective

roundˈ-faced adjective

round fish noun

1. Any fish other than a flat fish
2. The carp
3. An American whitefish

round game noun

A game, esp a card game, in which each plays for his or her own hand

roundˈhand noun

A style of penmanship in which the letters are well-rounded and free

Roundˈhead noun

A supporter of Parliament during the English Civil War, a Puritan (from the close-cut hair)

roundˈ-headed adjective

1. Puritanical
2. Having a round head, top or end
3. Brachycephalic

roundˈhouse noun

1. A lock-up (obsolete)
2. A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck (historical)
3. An engine-house with a turntable (N American)
4. (a boxing style using) a wild swinging punch (orig US)
5. A circular domestic building dating from the Bronze or Iron Age (archaeology)

roundhouse kick noun

(in martial arts) a kick delivered with a semicircular turn of the body

rounding error noun (computing)

An error in a computation caused by repeated rounding

roundˈ-leaved adjective

round mouth noun

A cyclostome

roundˈ-mouthed adjective

roundˈ-nosed adjective

Having a rounded nose or tip

round robin or round Robin noun

1. A paper with signatures in a circle, so that no one may seem to be a ringleader
2. Any letter, petition, etc signed by many people
3. A circular letter sent to friends and family, esp with a Christmas card
4. (in sports) a tournament in which each player plays every other player (also called American tournament)

roundˈ-shouldered adjective

With shoulders bending forward from the back

roundsˈman noun

1. A person who goes round esp one sent by a shopkeeper to take orders and deliver goods
2. A policeman who acts as a supervisor (US)
3. A reporter covering a specified area (Aust and NZ)

round table noun

1. A meeting or conference at which the participants meet on equal terms
2. (with caps) an organization for men aged from 18 to 45, with social and charitable aims

roundˈ-table adjective

Meeting on equal terms, like the inner circle of King Arthur's knights, who sat at a round table

round-the-clockˈ adjective

Lasting through the day and night, twenty-four-hour (also adverb, without hyphens)

round top noun

A mast-head platform

round tower noun

A tall tapering tower of circular section, of early Christian origin, common in Ireland

round trip noun

1. A trip to a place and back again
2. An instance of roundtripping (informal)

round-tripˈ adjective (esp N American)

Return

roundtrippˈing noun (informal)

The financial practice of a company re-lending money at a rate higher than that at which they themselves have borrowed it

roundˈ-up noun

1. A driving together or assembling, as of all the cattle on a ranch, a set of people wanted by the police, a collection of facts or information, etc
2. An instance of rounding up (see rounding above)

round window noun

(in vertebrates) the lower of the two membrane-covered openings between the middle ear and the inner ear

roundˈ-winged adjective

roundˈwood noun

Small pieces of timber taken from near the tops of trees and used for furniture

roundˈworm noun

A threadworm or nematode, a member of the Nematoda, unsegmented animals with long rounded bodies, mostly parasitic

bring round see under bring

come round see under come

get round to

To have the time or inclination to do (something) after delay

go or make the rounds

1. To go or be passed from place to place or person to person
2. To circulate
3. To patrol

in round numbers or figures

1. To the nearest convenient large number, ie ten, a hundred, a thousand, etc
2. Roughly, approximately

in the round

1. Capable of being viewed from all sides, not merely in relief
2. Taking everything into consideration
3. With all features, etc fully displayed

round about

1. An emphatic form of round
2. The other way about
3. Approximately

round down

To lower (a number) to the nearest convenient figure, usu ten, a hundred, etc

round off

To finish off neatly

round on

To turn on, attack verbally

round out

To fill out to roundness

round the bend see under bend¹

round the clock see round-the-clock above.

round the twist see under twist

round to

To turn the head of a ship to the wind

round up

1. To ride round and collect
2. To gather in (wanted persons, facts, etc)
3. To raise (a number) to the nearest convenient figure, usu ten, a hundred, etc