English-Thai Dictionary

Roundhead

N ผู้สนับสนุนค รอม เวลล์ ใน สงครามกลางเมือง อังกฤษ  Cavalier phu-sa-nab-sa-nun-kom-wos-nai-song-kram

 

round

ADJ กลมๆ  เป็น รูปทรง กลม  rotund spherical klom-klom

 

round

ADJ ซึ่ง เคลื่อน เป็น วงกลม  sueng-kluan-pen-wong-klom

 

round

N การ ลาดตระเว ณ  kan-lad-tra-wen

 

round

N การ หมุน ไป รอบๆ  circulation kan-muan-pai-rob-rob

 

round

N ขนมปัง ที่ หั่น เป็น แผ่น  ka-nom-pang-ti-han-pen-pan

 

round

N ท่อน เพลง ที่ ร้อง ต่อกัน เป็น ทอดๆ  madrigal ton-pleng-ti-rong-tor-kan-pen-tod-tod

 

round

N นัด (กระสุน  ชุด ยิง  nad

 

round

N ยก (มวย  รอบ  yok

 

round

N รอบ (กอล์ฟ  rob

 

round

N รอบ การแข่งขัน  series sequence rob-kan-kang-kan

 

round

N รูปทรง กลม  สิ่ง ที่ เป็น วงกลม  ball circle blobe rub-song-klom

 

round

PREP รอบๆ  rob-rob

 

round

VI กลายเป็น ตัวเลข หลัก ถ้วนๆ  tam-hai-pen-tua-lek-lak-tuan

 

round

VI ห่อ ริมฝีปาก ออกเสียง  hor-rim-fe-pak-ook-siang

 

round

VT ทำให้ เป็นตัว เลข หลัก ถ้วนๆ  tam-hai-pen-tua-lek-lak-tuan

 

round

VT เคลื่อน เป็น วงกลม  เคลื่อน ไป รอบๆ  go round circuit kluan-pen-wong-klom

 

round down

PHRV ปัด ตัวเลข ลง  ปัด เศษ ลง  round off round up pad-tua-lek-long

 

round in

PHRV ดึง เชือก เรือ  flatten in harden in duang-chuek-ruea

 

round off

PHRV จบ อย่างสวยงาม  จบ ด้วยดี  job-yang-suai-ngam

 

round off

PHRV ทำให้ (สิ่ง ที่ คม  เรียบ  ทำให้ มน  tam-hai-riab

 

round off

PHRV ปัด ตัวเลข ให้ เป็น จำนวนเต็ม  round down round up pad-tua-lek-hai-pen-jam-nuan

 

round on

PHRV พูด หรือ กระทำ ด้วย ความก้าวร้าว  phud-rue-kra-tam-duai-kwam-kao-rao

 

round on / upon

PHRV ดุด่า  ตำหนิ  พูด จู่โจม  du-da

 

round on / upon

PHRV หันกลับ  han-kab

 

round out

IDM ทำให้ สมบูรณ์  tam-hai-som-buan

 

round out

PHRV พอง ออก  บวม ขึ้น  อ้วน ขึ้น  pong-ook

 

round robin

N หนังสือ ร้องเรียน  nang-sue-rong-rian

 

round table

N การประชุม โต๊ะกลม  kan-pra-chum-tol-klom

 

round trip

ADJ ไป กลับ  pai-kab

 

round trip

N การ เดินทาง ไป และ กลับ  one way kan-doen-tang-pa-kab

 

round up

IDM ชุมนุมกัน  รวบรวม  รวมตัวกัน  chum-num-kan

 

round up

IDM หยุด  yud

 

round up

IDM ไล่ จับ (ฆาต รก ร  อาชญากร  lai-jab

 

round up

PHRV ปัด ให้ เป็น จำนวนเต็ม  round down round off pad-pen-jam-nuan-tem

 

round-eyed

ADJ ซึ่ง ตา เบิกโพลง  sueng-ta-boek-prong

 

round-shouldered

ADJ ซึ่ง มี หลัง ส่วน บน โก่ง  sueng-me-lang-suan-bon-kong

 

round-the-clock

ADJ ตลอดเวลา  ทั้งวันทั้งคืน  nonstop ta-lod-we-la

 

round-the-clock

ADV ตลอดเวลา  ทั้งวันทั้งคืน  nonstop ta-lod-we-la

 

round-trip ticket

N ตั๋ว เดินทาง ทั้ง ไป และ กลับ  return ticket tua-doen-tang-pai-lea-kab

 

roundabout

ADJ พูดอ้อมค้อม  indirect direct phu-aom-kom

 

roundabout

ADJ อ้อม  คดเคี้ยว  วกวน  indirect circuitous divious aom

 

roundabout

N ม้าหมุน ขึ้นลง สำหรับ เด็ก เล่น  merry-go-round ma-muan-kuan-long-sam-rub-dek

 

roundabout

N วงเวียน ที่ ต้อง ขับรถ รอบ  wong-wian-ti-tong-kab-rod-rob

 

roundbacked

A หลัง ค่อม 

 

rounded

ADJ ซึ่ง มี รูปร่าง กลม  sueng-me-rub-rang-klom

 

roundel

N วัตถุ ทรงกลม สำหรับ ตกแต่ง  wad-tu-song-klom-sam-rub-tok-tang

 

rounder

N คน หรือ สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ขอบ มน หรือ กลม  kon-rue-siang-ti-tam-hai-kon-mon

 

roundhead

N สมาชิก ของ อังกฤษ ใน สมัย สงครามกลางเมือง 

 

roundhouse

N โรงรถ ลักษณะ เป็น ทรงกลม  rong-rod-rak-sa-na-pen-song-klom

 

roundish

ADJ ซึ่ง ค่อนข้าง กลม  ออก กลมๆ  sueng-kon-kang-pen-song-klom

 

roundlet

N สิ่ง ที่ เป็น วงกลม หรือ ทรงกลม เล็กๆ 

 

roundly

ADV อย่างเต็มที่  wholly completely thoroughly yang-tem-ti

 

roundly

ADV อย่าง เป็น รูป วงกลม  yang-pen-rub-wong-klom

 

roundness

N ความกลม  kwam-klom

 

roundshouldered

A ไหล่ โก่ง 

 

roundsman

N ผู้ตรวจ ตรา 

 

roundtable

N การ นั่ง ประชุม โต๊ะกลม (ทุกคน มี สิทธิ เท่าเทียมกัน หมด  kan-nang-pra-chum-to-klom

 

roundup

N การจับกลุ่ม กัน  gathering wrangling assembly kan-jab-klum-kan

 

roundup

N การ ต้อน คน หรือ ปศุสัตว์ มา รวมกลุ่ม กัน  gathering herding line-up kan-ton-kon-rue-pa-su-sad-ma-ruam-kan

 

roundup

N บทสรุป  สาระ  ใจความสำคัญ  summary bod-sa-rub

 

roundworm

N พยาธิ ตัว กลม  pa-yad-tua-kom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROUND

a. 1. Cylindrical; circular; spherical or globular. Round is applicable to a cylinder as well as to a globe or sphere. We say, the barrel of a musket is round; a ball is round; a circle is round.
2. Full; large; as a round sum or price.
3. Full; smooth; flowing; not defective or abrupt.
In his satires, Horace is quick, round and pleasant.
His style, though round and comprehensive -
4. Plain; open; candid; fair.
Round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
Let her be round with him.
5. Full; quick; brisk; as a round trot.
6. Full; plump; bold; positive; as a round assertion.
A round number, is a number that ends with a cipher, and may be divided by 1 without a remainder; a complete or full number. It is remarkable that the W. cant, a hundred, the L. centum, and Sax. hund, signify properly a circle, and this use of round may have originated in a like idea.

 

ROUND

n. 1. A circle; a circular thing, or a circle in motion.
With rounds of waxen tapers on their heads.
Knit your hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round.
2. Action or performance in a circle, or passing through a series of hands or things and coming to the point of beginning; or the time of such action.
Women to cards may be compared; we play a round or two; when used, we throw away.
The feast was serv'd; the bowl was crown'd; to the king's pleasure went the mirthful round.
So we say, a round of labors or duties.
We run the daily round.
3. Rotation in office; succession in vicissitude.
4. A rundle; the step of a ladder.
All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise.
5. A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe. Hence the officer and men who perform this duty are called the rounds.
6. A dance; a song; a roundelay, or a species of fugue.
7. A general discharge of fire-arms by a body of troops, in which each soldier fires once. In volleys, it is usual for a company or regiment to fire three rounds.
A round of cartridges and balls, one cartridge to each man; as, to supply a regiment with a single round or with twelve rounds of cartridges.

 

ROUND

adv. 1. On all sides.
Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round. Luke 19:43.
2. Circularly; in a circular form; as, a wheel turns round.
3. From one side or party to another; as, to come or turn round. Hence these expressions signify to change sides or opinions.
4. Not in a direct line; by a course longer than the direct course. The shortest course is not the best; let us go round.
All round, in common speech, denotes over the whole place, or in every direction.
Round about is tautological.

 

ROUND

prep. 1. On every side of; as, the people stood round him; the sun sheds light round the earth. In this sense, around is much used, and all is often used to modify the word. They stood all round or around him.
2. About; in a circular course, or in all parts; as, to go round the city. He led his guest round his fields and garden. he wanders round the world.
3. Circularly; about; as, to wind a cable round the windlass.
To come or get round one, in popular language, is to gain advantage over one by flattery or deception; to circumvent.

 

ROUND

v.t. 1. To make circular, spherical or cylindrical; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of any thing.
Worms with many feet, that round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber.
2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
Th' inclusive verge of golden metal that must round my brow.
Our little life is rounded with a sleep.
3. To form to the arch or figure of the section of a circle.
The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to very great perfection.
4. To move about any thing; as, the sun, in polar regions, rounds the horizon.
5. To make full, smooth and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
To round in, among seamen, to pull upon a slack rope, which passes through one or more blocks in a direction nearly horizontal.

 

ROUND

v.i. 1. To grow or become round.
The queen, your mother, rounds space.
2. To go round, as a guard.
- They nightly rounding walk.
To round to, in sailing, is to turn the head of the ship towards the wind.

 

ROUND

v.i.To whisper; as, to round in the ear. Obs.

 

ROUNDABOUT

a.[round and about. ] 1. Indirect; going round; loose.
Paraphrase is a roundabout way of translating.
2. Ample; extensive; as roundabout sense.
3. Encircling; encompassing.
[In any sense, this word is inelegant. ]

 

ROUNDABOUT

n.A large strait coat.

 

ROUNDEL, ROUNDELAY, ROUNDO

n. 1. A sort of ancient poem, consisting of thirteen verses, of which eight are in one kind of rhyme and five in another. It is divided into couplets; at the end of the second and third of which, the beginning of the poem is repeated, and that, if possible, in an equivocal or punning sense.
2. A round form or figure. [Not used. ]

 

ROUNDER

n.[See Rondure. ] Circumference; inclosure. [Not in use. ]

 

ROUNDHEAD

n.[round and head. ] A name formerly given to a puritan, from the practice which prevailed among the puritans of cropping the hair round.

 

ROUNDHEADED

a.Having a round head or top.

 

ROUNDHOUSE

n. 1. A constable's prison; the prison to secure persons taken up by the night-watch, till they can be examined by a magistrate.
2. In a ship of war, a certain necessary near the head, for the use of particular officers.
3. In large merchantmen and ships of war, a cabin or apartment in the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; sometimes called the coach. It is the master's lodging room.

 

ROUNDING

ppr. 1. Making round or circular.
2. Making full, flowing and smooth.

 

ROUNDING

a.Round or roundish; nearly round.

 

ROUNDING

n.Among seamen, old ropes wound about the part of the cable which lies in the hawse, or athwart the stem, to prevent its chafing. Rounding in, a pulling upon a slack rope, which passes through one or more blocks in a direction nearly horizontal. Rounding up is a pulling in like manner, when a tackle hangs in a perpendicular direction.

 

ROUNDISH

a.Somewhat round; nearly round; as a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

 

ROUNDISHNESS

n.The state of being roundish.

 

ROUNDLET

n.A little circle.

 

ROUNDLY

adv. 1. In a round form or manner.
2. Openly; boldly; without reserve; peremptorily.
He affirms every thing roundly.
3. Plainly; fully. He gives them roundly to understand that their duty is submission.
4. Briskly; with speed.
When the mind has brought itself to attention, it will be able to cope with difficulties and master them, and then it may go on roundly.
5. Completely; to the purpose; vigorously; in earnest.

 

ROUNDNESS

n. 1. The quality of being round, circular, spherical, globular or cylindrical; circularity; sphericity; cylindrical form; rotundity; as the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, etc.
2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as the roundness of a period.
3. Openness; plainness; boldness; positiveness; as the roundness of an assertion.

 

ROUNDRIDGE

v.t.[round and ridge. ] In tillage, to form round ridges by plowing.

 

ROUNDROBIN

n. A written petition, memorial or remonstrance signed by names in a ring or circle.

 

ROUNDS

n.plu. 1. [See Round, n. No. 5.]
2. Round-top. [See Top. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROUND

Round, v. i. & t. Etym: [From Roun. ]

 

Defn: To whisper. [obs. ] Shak. Holland. The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man, "... he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here " Calderwood.

 

ROUND

Round, a. Etym: [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L. rotundus,fr. rota wheel. See Rotary, and cf. Rotund, roundel, Rundlet. ]

 

1. Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. "The big, round tears. " Shak. Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. Milton.

 

2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.

 

3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. "Their round haunches gored. " Shak.

 

4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc. ; -- said of numbers. Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. Arbuthnot.

 

5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum. Shak. Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon. Tennyson.

 

6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.

 

7. (Phonetics )

 

Defn: Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.

 

8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. "The round assertion. " M. Arnold. Sir Toby, I must be round with you. Shak.

 

9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [Obs. ] In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. Peacham.

 

1 . Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. Round dealing is the honor of man's nature. Bacon. At a round rate, rapidly. Dryden. -- In round numbers, approximately in even units, tens, hundreds,etc. ; as, a bin holding 99 or 1 1 bushels may be said to hold in round numbers 1 bushels. -- Round bodies (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right cylinder. -- Round clam (Zoöl.), the quahog. -- Round dance one which is danced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc. -- Round game, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account. -- Round hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from running hand. -- Round robin. Etym: [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. -- Round shot, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance. -- Round Table, the table about which sat King Arthur and his knights. See Knights of the Round Table, under Knight. -- Round tower, 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. -- Round trot, one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. Addison. -- Round turn (Naut. ), one turn of a rope round a timber, a belaying pin, etc. -- To bring up with a round turn, to stop abruptly. [Colloq. ]

 

Syn. -- Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular; orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.

 

ROUND

ROUND Round, n.

 

1. Anything round, as a circle, round " [the crown ]. Shak. In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled. Milton.

 

2. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.

 

3. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. Women to cards may be compared: we play A round or two; which used, we throw away. Granville.The feast was served; the bowl was crowned; To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. Prior.

 

4. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. the trivial round, the common task. Keble.

 

5. A circular dance. Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. Milton.

 

6. That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.

 

7. Rotation, as in office; succession. Holyday.

 

8. The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair. All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise. Dryden.

 

9. A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.

 

1 . (Mil. ) (a ) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants,who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural. (b ) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. (c ) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.

 

11. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.

 

12. The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.

 

13. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

 

14. A vessel filled, as for drinking. [R.]

 

15. An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians. Addison.

 

16. (Naut. )

 

Defn: See Roundtop.

 

17. Same as Round of beef, below. Gentlemen of the round. (a ) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds. See 1 (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. -- Round of beef, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone, or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of beef. -- Round steak, a beefsteak cut from the round. -- Sculpture in the round, sculpture giving the full form, as of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.

 

ROUND

ROUND Round, adv.

 

1. On all sides; around. Round he throws his baleful eyes. Milton.

 

2. Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.

 

3. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.

 

4. From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.

 

5. By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.

 

6. Through a circle, as of friends or houses. The invitations were sent round accordingly. Sir W. Scott.

 

7. Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs. ] Chaucer. All round, over the whole place; in every direction. -- All-round, of general capacity; as, an all-round man. [Colloq. ] - - To bring one round. (a ) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct. (b ) To restore one to health. [Colloq. ]

 

ROUND

ROUND Round, prep.

 

Defn: On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass. The serpent Error twines round human hearts. Cowper. Round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses. .. set them [The elders ] round about the tabernacle. " Num. xi. 24. -- To come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person ) by flattery or deception. [Colloq. ]

 

ROUND

Round, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rounding. ]

 

1. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything. Worms with many feet, which round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber. Bacon. The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very great perfection. Addison.

 

2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak.

 

3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. Shak.

 

4. To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point ); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

 

5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. Swift. To round in (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. [Western U.S.]

 

ROUND

ROUND Round, v. i.

 

1. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. The queen your mother rounds apace. Shak. So rounds he to a separate mind, From whence clear memory may begin. Tennyson.

 

2. To go round, as a guard. [Poetic ] They. .. nightly rounding walk. Milton.

 

3. To go or turn round; to wheel about. Tennyson. To round to (Naut. ), to turn the head of a ship toward the wind.

 

ROUNDABOUT

ROUNDABOUT Round "a *bout `, a.

 

1. Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. We have taken a terrible roundabout road. Burke.

 

2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. "Large, sound, roundabout sense. " Locke.

 

ROUNDABOUT

ROUNDABOUT Round "a *bout `, n.

 

1. A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc. , on which children ride; a merry-go-round. Smart.

 

2. A dance performed in a circle. Goldsmith.

 

3. A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.

 

4. A state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor and vicissitude. Cowper.

 

ROUNDABOUTNESS

ROUNDABOUTNESS Round "a *bout `ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.

 

ROUND-ARM

ROUND-ARM Round "-arm `, a. (Cricket )

 

Defn: Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor.

 

ROUND-BACKED

ROUND-BACKED Round "-backed `, a.

 

Defn: Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

 

ROUNDED

ROUNDED Round "ed, a. (Phonetics )

 

Defn: Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.

 

ROUNDEL

Roun "del, n. Etym: [OF. rondel a roundelay, F. rondel, rondeau, a dim. fr. rond; for sense 2, cf. F. rondelle a round, a round shield. See Round, a., and cf. Rondel, Rondelay.]

 

1. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily. " Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak.

 

2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels,... made a flying march to Calais. Bacon. Specifically: (a ) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (b ) (Her. ) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle. (c ) (Fort. ) A bastion of a circular form.

 

ROUNDELAY

Round "e *lay, n. Etym: [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See Roundel, Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet. ]

 

1. (Poetry )

 

Defn: See Rondeau, and Rondel.

 

2. (Mus. ) (a ) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. Spenser. Tennyson. (b ) A dance in a circle.

 

3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.

 

ROUNDER

ROUNDER Round "er, n.

 

1. One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

 

2. A tool for making an edge or surface round.

 

3. pl.

 

Defn: An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football. Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base. Bagehot.

 

ROUNDFISH

ROUNDFISH Round "fish, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. (b ) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis ), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.

 

ROUNDHEAD

Round "head `, n. (Eng. Hist. )

 

Defn: A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone.

 

ROUNDHEADED

ROUNDHEADED Round "head `ed, a.

 

Defn: Having a round head or top.

 

ROUNDHOUSE

ROUNDHOUSE Round "house `, n.

 

1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. [Obs. ]

 

2. (Naut. ) (a ) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach. (b ) A privy near the bow of the vessel.

 

3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.

 

ROUNDING

ROUNDING Round "ing, a.

 

Defn: Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

 

ROUNDING

ROUNDING Round "ing, n.

 

1. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.

 

2. (Phonetics )

 

Defn: Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.

 

ROUNDISH

ROUNDISH Round "ish, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round "ish *ness, n.

 

ROUNDLET

ROUNDLET Round "let, n.

 

Defn: A little circle. J. Gregory.

 

ROUNDLY

ROUNDLY Round "ly, adv.

 

1. In a round form or manner.

 

2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply. He affirms everything roundly. Addison.

 

3. Briskly; with speed. locke. Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward. Sir W. Scott.

 

4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. Shak.

 

5. Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly. In speaking roundly of this period. H. Morley.

 

ROUNDNESS

ROUNDNESS Round "ness, n.

 

1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

 

2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.

 

3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.

 

Syn. -- Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.

 

ROUNDRIDGE

ROUNDRIDGE Round "ridge `, v. t. (Agric.)

 

Defn: To form into round ridges by plowing. B. Edwards.

 

ROUND-SHOULDERED

ROUND-SHOULDERED Round "-shoul `dered, a.

 

Defn: Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.

 

ROUNDSMAN

Rounds "man, n.; pl. Roundsmen (.

 

Defn: A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.

 

ROUNDTOP

ROUNDTOP Round "top `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.

 

ROUND-UP

ROUND-UP Round "-up `, n.

 

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

 

ROUNDURE

Roun "dure, n. Etym: [Cf. Rondure. ]

 

Defn: Roundness; a round or circle. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

ROUNDWORM

ROUNDWORM Round "worm `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A nematoid worm.

 

ROUNDY

ROUNDY Round "y, a.

 

Defn: Round. [Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

round

round |round raʊnd | ▶adjective 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle or cylinder: she was seated at a small, round table. • having a curved shape like part of the circumference of a circle: round arches. 2 shaped like or approximately like a sphere: a round glass ball | the grapes are small and round. • (of a person's body ) plump. • having a curved surface with no sharp or jagged projections: the boulders look round and smooth. 3 (of a voice ) rich and mellow; not harsh. 4 [ attrib. ] (of a number ) altered for convenience of expression or calculation, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten or five: the size of the fleet is given in round numbers. • (of a number ) convenient for calculation, typically through being a multiple of ten. • used to show that a figure has been completely and exactly reached: a round dozen. • archaic (of a sum of money ) considerable: his business is worth a round sum to me. 5 archaic (of a person or their manner of speaking ) not omitting or disguising anything; frank and truthful: she berated him in good round terms. ▶noun 1 a circular piece of a particular substance: cut the pastry into rounds. • a thick disk of beef cut from the haunch as a joint. 2 an act of visiting each of a number of people or places: she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye | he made the rounds of the city's churches. • a tour of inspection, typically repeated regularly, in which the safety or well-being of those visited is checked: the doctor is just making his rounds in the wards. 3 one of a sequence of sessions or groups of related actions or events, typically such that development or progress can be seen between one group and another: the two sides held three rounds of talks. • a division of a contest such as a boxing or wrestling match. • one of a succession of stages in a sporting contest or other competition, in each of which more candidates are eliminated: the playoffs in the second round. • an act of playing all the holes in a golf course once: Eileen enjoys the occasional round of golf . 4 a regularly recurring sequence of activities or functions: their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry. • Music a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon. • a set of drinks bought for all the members of a group, typically as part of a sequence in which each member in turn buys such a set: it's my round. 5 a measured quantity or number of something, in particular: • the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot. • Archery a fixed number of arrows shot from a fixed distance. ▶adverb chiefly Brit. variant of around. ▶preposition chiefly Brit. variant of around. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pass and go around (something ) so as to move on in a changed direction: the ship rounded the cape and sailed north. 2 alter (a number ) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations: we'll round the weight up to the nearest pound | the committee rounded down the figure | let's just round it off to an even ten dollars. 3 give a round shape to: a lathe that rounded chair legs. • [ no obj. ] become circular in shape: her eyes rounded in dismay. • Phonetics pronounce (a vowel ) with the lips narrowed and protruded. PHRASES in the round 1 (of sculpture ) standing free with all sides shown, rather than carved in relief against a ground. • treated fully and thoroughly; with all aspects shown or considered: to understand social phenomena one must see them in the round. 2 (of a theatrical performance ) with the audience placed on at least three sides of the stage. make (or go ) the rounds (of a story or joke ) be passed on from person to person. round about 1 on all sides or in all directions; surrounding someone or something: everything round about was covered with snow. 2 at a point or time approximately equal to: they arrived round about nine. PHRASAL VERBS round something off make the edges or corners of something smooth: round off the spars with a soft plastic fitting. • complete something in a satisfying or suitable way: I rounded off my visit to Ganu by purchasing a number of exquisite masks. round on make a sudden verbal attack on or unexpected retort to: she rounded on me angrily. round something out make something more complete: round out the meal with fruit and salad. round someone /something up drive or collect a number of people or animals together for a particular purpose: in the afternoon the cows are rounded up for milking. • arrest a number of people. DERIVATIVES round ish adjective, round ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from the Old French stem round-, from a variant of Latin rotundus ‘rotund. ’ usage: On the difference in use between round and around, see usage at around .

 

roundabout

round a bout |ˈroundəˌbout ˈraʊndəˈˌbaʊt | ▶noun 1 British term for traffic circle. 2 British term for merry-go-round. 3 historical a close-fitting, waist-length jacket worn by men and boys. ▶adjective not following a short direct route; circuitous: we need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit. • not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory: in a roundabout way, he was fishing for information.

 

round-arm

round-arm |ˈraʊndɑːm | ▶adjective Cricket (of bowling ) performed with an outward horizontal swing of the arm.

 

roundball

round ball |ˈroundˌbôl ˈraʊndbɔl | ▶noun informal term for basketball. DERIVATIVES round ball er noun

 

round brackets

round brack ets ▶plural noun Brit. parentheses.

 

round dance

round dance ▶noun a folk dance in which the dancers form one large circle. • a ballroom dance such as a waltz or polka in which couples move in circles around the ballroom.

 

rounded

round ed |ˈroundid raʊndəd | ▶adjective 1 having a smooth, curved surface: rounded gray hills. • having a spherical shape: its rounded, almost bulbous head. • forming circular or elliptical shapes: his writing was firm and rounded. • Phonetics (of a vowel ) pronounced with the lips pursed. 2 well developed in all aspects; complete and balanced: we should educate children to become rounded human beings.

 

roundel

roun del |ˈroundl ˈraʊndl | ▶noun 1 a small disk, esp. a decorative medallion. • a picture or pattern contained in a circle. • Heraldry a plain filled circle as a charge (often with a special name according to color ). • Brit. a circular identifying mark painted on military aircraft, as, for example, the red, white, and blue of the RAF. 2 a short poem consisting of three stanzas of three lines each, rhyming alternately, with the opening words repeated as a refrain after the first and third stanzas. The form, a variant of the rondeau, was developed by Swinburne. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rondel, from ro (u )nd- (see round ).

 

roundelay

roun de lay |ˈroundəˌlā, ˈrän -ˈraʊndəˌleɪ | ▶noun literary a short simple song with a refrain. • a circle dance. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French rondelet, from rondel (see rondel ). The change in the ending was due to association with the final syllable of virelay .

 

rounder

round er |ˈroundər ˈraʊndər | ▶noun 1 a person who frequents bars and is often drunk. 2 Brit. (in rounders ) a complete run of a player through all the bases as a unit of scoring.

 

rounders

round ers |ˈroundərz ˈraʊndərz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a ball game similar to baseball, played chiefly in British schools.

 

round game

round game ▶noun a game, typically a card game, for more than two players in which each player plays as an individual, not as part of a team.

 

round goby

round go by ▶noun a Eurasian freshwater goby that threatens native species of fish in the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin. [Neogobius melanostomus, family Gobiidae. ]

 

round hand

round hand ▶noun a style of handwriting in which the letters have clear rounded shapes.

 

Roundhead

Round head |ˈroundˌhed ˈraʊndˌhɛd | ▶noun historical a member or supporter of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War. ORIGIN so named because of the short-cropped hairstyle of the Puritans, who formed an important element in the party.

 

roundheel

round heel |ˈroundˌhēl ˈraʊndhil | ▶noun informal a promiscuous woman. DERIVATIVES round heeled adjective ORIGIN 1950s: with reference to worn-down heels, allowing the wearer to lean backwards.

 

roundhouse

round house |ˈroundˌhous ˈraʊndˌhaʊs | ▶noun 1 a locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable. 2 informal a blow given with a wide sweep of the arm. • a wide turn on a surfboard. 3 chiefly historical a cabin or cabins on the after part of the quarterdeck of a sailing ship.

 

roundhouse kick

round house kick |ˈraʊndˌhaʊs kɪk | ▶noun (chiefly in karate ) a kick made with a wide sweep of the leg and rotation of the body.

 

roundly

round ly |ˈroundlē ˈraʊn (d )li | ▶adverb 1 in a vehement or emphatic manner: the latest attacks have been roundly condemned by campaigners for peace. • so thoroughly as to leave no doubt: the army was roundly beaten. • too plainly for politeness; bluntly: she told him roundly to get to the point. 2 so as to form a circular or roughly circular shape: he was a middle-aged, roundly built man.

 

round-nose

round-nose ▶adjective 1 (of a tool ) having the end rounded, so as to produce a rounded cut or surface or to prevent accidents or damage. 2 (of a bullet ) having a rounded front end. ▶noun a bullet with a rounded front end. DERIVATIVES round-nosed adjective

 

round robin

round rob in |ˈˌraʊn (d ) ˈˌrɑbən | ▶noun 1 [ often as modifier ] a tournament in which each competitor plays in turn against every other: a round-robin competition. • a series or sequence: an inconclusive round robin of talks in Cairo, Washington, and New York. 2 a petition, esp. one with signatures written in a circle to conceal the order of writing.

 

Round Rock

Round Rock a city in central Texas, north of Austin; pop. 104,446 (est. 2008 ).

 

round shot

round shot ▶noun historical ammunition in the form of cast-iron or steel spherical balls for firing from cannon.

 

round-shouldered

round-shoul dered |ˈraʊnd ˈˌʃoʊldərd | ▶adjective having the shoulders bent forward so that the back is rounded: a round-shouldered slouch.

 

roundsman

rounds man |ˈroundzmən ˈraʊn (d )zmən | ▶noun ( pl. roundsmen ) 1 a police officer in charge of a patrol. 2 a person on a regular route delivering and taking orders for milk, bread, etc.

 

Round Table

Round Ta ble ▶noun 1 the table at which King Arthur and his knights sat so that none should have precedence. It was first mentioned in 1155. 2 an international charitable association that holds discussions and undertakes community service. 3 (round table ) an assembly for discussion, esp. at a conference: [ as modifier ] : round-table talks.

 

round-the-clock

round-the-clock |ˈˌraʊnd (ð )ə ˈklɑk | ▶adjective lasting all day and all night: round-the-clock surveillance.

 

round trip

round trip |ˈˌraʊn (d ) ˈtrɪp | ▶noun a journey to one or more places and back again.

 

round turn

round turn ▶noun a complete turn of a rope around another rope or other object.

 

roundup

round up |ˈroundˌəp ˈraʊndˌəp | ▶noun a systematic gathering together of people or things: mass police roundups and detentions | the rites of the cattle drive, the roundup, and the branding. • a summary of facts or events: a news roundup every fifteen minutes.

 

round window

round win dow ▶noun informal term for fenestra rotunda (see fenestra ).

 

roundwood

round wood |ˈroundˌwo͝od ˈraʊndwʊd | ▶noun timber that is left as small logs, not sawn into planks or chopped for fuel, typically taken from near the tops of trees and used for furniture.

 

roundworm

round worm |ˈroundˌwərm ˈraʊn (d )ˌwərm | ▶noun a nematode, esp. a parasitic one found in the intestines of mammals. [Many species in the class Phasmida, including the large Ascaris lumbricoides in humans. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

round

round |raʊnd | ▶adjective 1 shaped like a circle or cylinder: she was seated at a small, round table. • having a curved shape like part of the circumference of a circle: round brackets. • (of a person's shoulders ) bent forward from the line of the back. 2 shaped like a sphere: a round glass ball | the grapes are small and round. • (of a person's body ) plump. • having a curved surface with no sharp projections: the boulders look round and smooth. 3 (of a voice ) rich and mellow; not harsh. 4 [ attrib. ] (of a number ) expressed in convenient units rather than exactly, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten: the size of the fleet is given in round numbers. • used to show that a figure has been completely and exactly reached: the batsman made a round 100 | a round dozen. • archaic (of a sum of money ) considerable: his business is worth a round sum to me. 5 not omitting or disguising anything; frank: she berated him in good round terms. ▶noun 1 a circular piece of something: cut the pastry into rounds. • a thick disc of beef cut from the haunch as a joint. 2 an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn: she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye. • a regular tour of inspection in which the well-being of those visited is checked: the doctor is just making his rounds in the wards. • chiefly Brit. a journey along a fixed route delivering goods as part of one's job or a job involving such journeys: I did a newspaper round. 3 each of a sequence of sessions in a process, typically characterized by development between one session and another: the two sides held three rounds of talks. • a division of a contest such as a boxing or wrestling match. • each of a succession of stages in a competition, in each of which more candidates are eliminated: the FA Cup first round. • an act of playing all the holes in a golf course once: Eileen enjoys the occasional round of golf . 4 a regularly recurring sequence of activities: their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry. • a set of drinks bought for all the members of a group, typically as part of a sequence in which each member in turn buys such a set: it's my round. 5 Music a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon. 6 Brit. a slice of bread: two rounds of toast. • the quantity of sandwiches made from two slices of bread. 7 the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot. • Archery a fixed number of arrows shot from a fixed distance. ▶adverb chiefly Brit. 1 so as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion: a plane circled round overhead | she turned her glass round and round . • so as to cover or take in the whole area surrounding a particular centre: she paused to glance round admiringly at the décor. • so as to reach everyone in a particular group or area: he passed round a newspaper cutting. 2 so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction: he swung round to face her. • so as to lead in another direction: it was the last house before the road curved round. • used in describing the position of something, typically with regard to the direction in which it is facing or its relation to other items: the picture shows the pieces the wrong way round. • used to describe a situation in terms of the relation between people, actions, or events: it was he who was attacking her, not the other way round. 3 so as to surround someone or something: everyone crowded round | a pool with banks all the way round. • used in stating the girth of something: the trunk is nine feet round. 4 so as to reach a new place or position, typically by moving to the other side of something: he made his way round to the back of the building | they went the long way round by the main road. • used to convey an ability to navigate or orientate oneself: I like pupils to find their own way round . • informal used to convey the idea of visiting someone else: why don't you come round to my flat? 5 used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity: he was driving round aimlessly. 6 so as to give support and companionship: if one girl is distraught the others will rally round. ▶preposition chiefly Brit. 1 on every side of (a focal point ): the area round the school | with shifting sands all round me. • (of something abstract ) having (the thing mentioned ) as a focus: the text is built round real practical examples. 2 so as to encircle (someone or something ): he wrapped the blanket round him | she drew a red circle round his name. • (of a person's arm or arms ) partially encircling (another person ) as a gesture of affection: Angus put an arm round Flora and kissed her. 3 following an approximately circular route past (a corner or obstacle ): a bus appeared round the corner. • on the other side of (a corner or obstacle ): Steven parked the car round the corner. • so as to hit (something ) in passing: if he didn't shut up he might get a clip round the ear. 4 so as to cover or take in the whole area of (a place ): she went round the house and saw that all the windows were barred. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pass and go round (something ) so as to move on in a changed direction: the ship rounded the cape and sailed north. 2 alter (a number ) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations: we'll round the weight up to the nearest kilo | the committee rounded down the figure. 3 give a round shape to: a lathe that rounded chair legs. • [ no obj. ] become circular in shape: her eyes rounded in dismay. • Phonetics pronounce (a vowel ) with the lips narrowed and protruded. PHRASES go the round (or rounds ) (of a story or joke ) be passed on from person to person. in the round 1 (of sculpture ) standing free with all sides shown, rather than carved in relief against a ground. • fully and thoroughly; with all aspects shown: to understand social phenomena one must see them in the round. 2 (of a theatrical performance ) with the audience placed on at least three sides of the stage. round about 1 on all sides or in all directions: everything round about was covered with snow. 2 at a point or time approximately equal to: they arrived round about nine. round the bend see bend 1. round the twist see twist. PHRASAL VERBS round something off make the edges or corners of something smooth. • complete something in a satisfying or suitable way: a pint at the pub will round off the day nicely. round on make a sudden verbal attack on: she rounded on me angrily. round something out make something more complete: his father insisted he went to university to round out his education. round someone /thing up drive or collect a number of people or animals together for a particular purpose: in the afternoon the cows are rounded up for milking. • arrest a number of people. DERIVATIVES roundish adjective, roundness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from the Old French stem round-, from a variant of Latin rotundus ‘rotund ’. usage: Are round and around (as preposition and adverbial particle ) interchangeable in all contexts? In many contexts in British English they are, as in she put her arm round him; she put her arm around him. There is, however, a general preference for round to be used for definite, specific movement ( she turned round ; a bus came round the corner ), while around tends to be used in contexts which are less definite ( she wandered around for ages; costing around £3,000 ) or for abstract uses ( a rumour circulating around the cocktail bars ).In US English the situation is different. The normal form in most contexts is around; round is generally regarded as informal or non-standard and is only standard in certain fixed expressions, as in all year round and they went round and round in circles.

 

roundabout

round |about |ˈraʊndəbaʊt | ▶noun 1 Brit. a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it. 2 Brit. a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on. • a merry-go-round. ▶adjective not following a short direct route; circuitous: we need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit. • not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory: in a roundabout way, he was fishing for information.

 

round-arm

round-arm |ˈraʊndɑːm | ▶adjective Cricket (of bowling ) performed with an outward horizontal swing of the arm.

 

roundball

round |ball |ˈrʌundbɔːl | ▶noun US informal term for basketball. DERIVATIVES roundballer noun

 

round brackets

round brack |ets ▶plural noun Brit. brackets of the form ( ).

 

round dance

round dance ▶noun a folk dance in which the dancers form one large circle. • a ballroom dance such as a waltz or polka in which couples move in circles round the ballroom.

 

rounded

round ¦ed |ˈraʊndɪd | ▶adjective 1 having a smooth, curved surface: rounded grey hills. • having a spherical shape: his large, rounded stomach. • forming circular or elliptical shapes: his writing was firm and rounded. • Phonetics (of a vowel ) pronounced with the lips narrowed and protruded. 2 well developed in all aspects; complete and balanced: we should educate children to become rounded human beings.

 

roundel

roundel |ˈraʊnd (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a small disc, especially a decorative medallion. • a picture or pattern contained in a circle. • Heraldry a plain filled circle as a charge (often with a special name according to colour ). • a circular identifying mark painted on military aircraft, as, for example, the red, white, and blue of the RAF. 2 a short poem consisting of three stanzas of three lines each, rhyming alternately, with the opening words repeated as a refrain after the first and third stanzas. The form, a variant of the rondeau, was developed by Swinburne. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rondel, from ro (u )nd- (see round ).

 

roundelay

roundelay |ˈraʊndəleɪ | ▶noun literary a short, simple song with a refrain. • a circle dance. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French rondelet, from rondel (see rondel ). The change in the ending was due to association with the final syllable of virelay .

 

rounder

round ¦er |ˈraʊndə | ▶noun 1 (in rounders ) a complete run of a player through all the bases as a unit of scoring. 2 N. Amer. informal a habitual criminal or disreputable person.

 

rounders

round |ers |ˈraʊndəz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a ball game played (chiefly in British schools ) with a cylindrical wooden bat, in which players run round a circuit of bases after hitting the ball.

 

round game

round game ▶noun a game, typically a card game, for more than two players in which each player plays as an individual, not as part of a team.

 

round goby

round go by ▶noun a Eurasian freshwater goby that threatens native species of fish in the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin. [Neogobius melanostomus, family Gobiidae. ]

 

round hand

round hand ▶noun a style of handwriting in which the letters have clear rounded shapes.

 

Roundhead

Round |head |ˈraʊndhɛd | ▶noun historical a member or supporter of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War. ORIGIN so named because of the short-cropped hairstyle of the Puritans, who formed an important element in the party.

 

roundheel

round |heel |ˈraʊndhiːl | ▶noun N. Amer. informal a promiscuous woman. DERIVATIVES roundheeled adjective ORIGIN 1950s: with reference to worn-down heels, allowing the wearer to lean backwards.

 

roundhouse

round |house |ˈraʊndhaʊs | ▶noun 1 a railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable. 2 informal a blow given with a wide sweep of the arm. • Baseball a slow, widely curving pitch. • a wide turn on a surfboard. 3 chiefly historical a cabin or set of cabins on the after part of the quarterdeck of a sailing ship.

 

roundhouse kick

round |house kick ▶noun (chiefly in karate ) a kick made with a wide sweep of the leg and rotation of the body.

 

roundly

round ¦ly |ˈraʊn (d )li | ▶adverb 1 in a vehement or emphatic manner: the latest attacks have been roundly condemned by campaigners for peace. • so thoroughly as to leave no doubt: the army was roundly beaten. • too plainly for politeness; bluntly: she told him roundly to get to the point. 2 so as to form a circular or roughly circular shape: he was a middle-aged, roundly built man.

 

round-nose

round-nose ▶adjective 1 (of a tool ) having the end rounded, so as to produce a rounded cut or surface or to prevent accidents or damage. 2 (of a bullet ) having a rounded front end. ▶noun a bullet with a rounded front end. DERIVATIVES round-nosed adjective

 

round robin

round robin ▶noun 1 [ often as modifier ] a tournament in which each competitor plays in turn against every other: a round-robin competition. • a series or sequence: an inconclusive round robin of talks in Cairo, Washington, and New York. 2 a petition, especially one with signatures written in a circle to conceal the order of writing.

 

Round Rock

Round Rock a city in central Texas, north of Austin; pop. 104,446 (est. 2008 ).

 

round shot

round shot ▶noun [ mass noun ] historical ammunition in the form of cast-iron or steel spherical balls for firing from cannon.

 

round-shouldered

round-shouldered ▶adjective having the shoulders bent forward so that the back is rounded: a thin, round-shouldered man.

 

roundsman

rounds |man |ˈraʊn (d )zmən | ▶noun ( pl. roundsmen ) 1 Brit. a trader's employee who goes round delivering and taking orders: a milk roundsman. 2 US a police officer in charge of a patrol. 3 Austral. a journalist covering a specified subject.

 

Round Table

Round Table ▶noun 1 the table at which King Arthur and his knights sat so that none should have precedence. 2 an international charitable association which holds discussions and undertakes community service, open to men between the ages of 18 and 45, typically from business and professional groups. 3 (usu. as modifier round table ) an assembly for discussion, especially at a conference: round-table talks.

 

round trip

round trip ▶noun a journey to one or more places and back again, especially by a route that does not cover the same ground twice. • [ often as modifier ] chiefly N. Amer. a journey to a place and back again, along the same route: a round-trip air fare.

 

round turn

round turn ▶noun a complete turn of a rope around another rope or an anchoring point.

 

round-up

round-up ▶noun a systematic gathering together of people or things: mass police round-ups and detentions. • a summary of facts or events: a news round-up every fifteen minutes.

 

round window

round win ¦dow ▶noun informal term for fenestra rotunda (see fenestra ).

 

roundwood

round |wood |ˈraʊndwʊd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] timber which is left as small logs, not sawn into planks or chopped for fuel, typically taken from near the tops of trees and used for furniture.

 

roundworm

round |worm |ˈraʊn (d )wəːm | ▶noun a nematode worm, especially a parasitic one found in the intestines of mammals. ●Many species in the class Phasmida, including the large Ascaris lumbricoides in humans.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

round

round adjective 1 a round window: circular, ring-shaped, disk-shaped, hoop-shaped; spherical, spheroidal, globular, globe-shaped, orb-shaped; cylindrical; bulbous, rounded, rotund; technical annular, discoid. 2 round cheeks: plump, chubby, fat, full. ANTONYMS thin. 3 his deep, round voice: sonorous, full-bodied, full-toned, rich, deep, mellow, resonant, reverberant; grandiloquent, magniloquent, rotund, orotund; pear-shaped; rare canorous. ANTONYMS thin, reedy. 4 a round dozen: complete, entire, whole, full. 5 dated she berated him in round terms: candid, frank, direct, honest, truthful, straightforward, plain, blunt, forthright, bald, explicit, unequivocal, unmistakable, categorical. ANTONYMS evasive. ▶noun 1 mold the dough into rounds: ball, sphere, globe, orb, circle, disk, ring, hoop; technical annulus. 2 (rounds ) a policeman on his rounds: circuit, beat, route, tour. 3 the first round of the tournament: stage, level; heat, game, bout, contest; go-round. 4 an endless round of parties: succession, sequence, series, cycle. 5 the gun fires thirty rounds per second: bullet, cartridge, shell, shot. ▶verb the ship rounded the point: go around, travel around, skirt, circumnavigate, orbit. PHRASES round about the campsite is round about two miles from the main road. See around (sense 3 of the preposition ). round the bend this time, I think Gordon's really gone round the bend. See mad (sense 1 ). round the clock See around the clock at around. round off 1 the square edges were rounded off: smooth (off ), plane (off ), sand (off ), blunt. 2 the party rounded off a successful year: complete, finish off, crown, cap, top; conclude, close, end. round up go round up your brothers for dinner: gather together, herd together, muster, marshal, rally, assemble, collect, group, corral. WORD TOOLKIT See circular . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

roundabout

roundabout adjective 1 a roundabout route: circuitous, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous. ANTONYMS direct, straight. 2 I asked in a roundabout sort of way: indirect, oblique, circuitous, circumlocutory, periphrastic, digressive, long-winded; evasive. ANTONYMS direct.

 

roundly

roundly adverb 1 he was roundly condemned: vehemently, emphatically, fiercely, forcefully, severely; plainly, frankly, candidly. 2 she was roundly defeated: utterly, completely, thoroughly, decisively, conclusively, heavily, soundly.

 

roundup

roundup noun 1 a cattle roundup: assembly, muster, rally, rodeo. 2 the sports roundup: summary, synopsis, overview, review, outline, digest, précis, wrap-up; informal recap.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

round

round adjective 1 a small round window | a round glass ball: circular, disc-shaped, disk-like; ring-shaped, hoop-shaped, hoop-like, annular; spherical, globular, ball-shaped, globe-shaped, orb-shaped, orb-like, cylindrical, bulbous, bulb-shaped, balloon-like; convex, curved, curvilinear, rounded, rotund; technical cycloidal, discoid, discoidal, spheroid, spheroidal; rare globate, globose, orbicular, orbiculate. 2 a short round man with a loud voice: plump, chubby, fat, stout, rotund, roly-poly, fattish, portly, dumpy, chunky, broad in the beam, overweight, heavy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, paunchy, Falstaffian; buxom, well upholstered, well covered, well padded, of ample proportions, ample, rounded, well rounded, full; flabby, fleshy, bulky, corpulent, obese; informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, blubbery, poddy; Brit. informal podgy, fubsy; N. Amer. informal zaftig, corn-fed, lard-assed; archaic pursy; rare abdominous. ANTONYMS thin, slender, skinny. 3 his deep, round voice went down well with the listeners: sonorous, resonant, rich, full, full-toned, full-bodied, mellow, mellifluous, rounded, reverberant, orotund; rare pear-shaped, canorous. ANTONYMS harsh, thin, reedy. 4 a round dozen: complete, entire, whole, full, undivided, unbroken. 5 archaic she berated him in round terms: candid, frank, direct, honest, truthful, straightforward, plain, plain-spoken, blunt, outspoken, forthright, downright, unvarnished, bald, straight from the shoulder, explicit, unequivocal; informal upfront, not pulling any punches, not beating about the bush; archaic free-spoken. ANTONYMS evasive. ▶noun 1 divide the dough into 2 oz pieces and mould into rounds: circle, disc, circlet; ring, hoop, band; ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead; technical annulus. 2 the local policeman was on his rounds: circuit, beat, course, route; tour, turn. 3 the first round of the World 500cc championship: stage, level; heat, game, lap, bout, contest. 4 an endless round of late-night parties: succession, sequence, series, cycle. 5 the gun can fire 30 rounds a second: bullet, cartridge, shell, shot. ▶preposition & adverb 1 there's a maze of alleys round the station: around, about, encircling, enclosing; near, in the neighbourhood of, in the vicinity of, in the area of; orbiting. 2 casinos dotted round the south of France: throughout, all over, here and there in, everywhere in. PHRASES round about he earns round about £40,000 a year: approximately, about, around, roughly, in the neighbourhood of, in the area of, of the order of, just about, something like, more or less, as near as dammit to, close to, near to, practically; or so, or thereabouts, there or thereabouts, give or take a few, plus or minus a few, give or take a bit, in round numbers; not far off, nearly, almost, approaching; Brit. getting on for; S. African plus-minus; Latin circa; N. Amer. informal in the ballpark of. ANTONYMS precisely, exactly. round the bend informal mad, insane, out of one's mind, deranged, demented, not in one's right mind, certifiable, of unsound mind, crazed, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, frenzied, raving, distraught, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare; Latin non compos mentis; informal crazy, mental, off one's head, out of one's head, off one's nut, nuts, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's rocker, not (quite ) right in the head, raving mad, bats, batty, bonkers, cuckoo, loopy, loony, bananas, loco, dippy, screwy, touched, gaga, doolally, up the pole, not all there, out to lunch, not right upstairs, away with the fairies; Brit. informal barmy, crackers, barking, barking mad, round the twist, off one's trolley, as daft as a brush, not the full shilling, two sandwiches short of a picnic; N. Amer. informal buggy, off the wall, nutsy, nutso, out of one's tree, meshuga, squirrelly, wacko, gonzo; Canadian & Austral. /NZ informal bushed; NZ informal porangi. ANTONYMS sane. round the clock 1 I've got a team working round the clock: day and night, night and day, all the time, {morning, noon, and night }, the entire time, continuously, non-stop, uninterruptedly, without interruption, without a break, steadily, unremittingly; informal all the hours God sends, 24 -7. ANTONYMS intermittently. 2 she needs round-the-clock supervision: continuous, constant, non-stop, continual, uninterrupted, without interruption, unbroken, steady. ANTONYMS intermittent. ▶verb the ship rounded the point: go round, move round, travel round, sail round, circumnavigate; orbit; skirt. PHRASES round something off 1 the square edges were rounded off: smooth off, plane off, sand off, level off. 2 the annual Christmas party rounded off a hugely successful year for the company: complete, finish off, crown, cap, top off, conclude, close, bring to a close /end, end. ANTONYMS begin. round on Guido rounded on Rosie, as though she were to blame: snap at, attack, turn on, set upon, weigh into, fly at, let fly at, lash out at, hit out at, lambaste; informal bite someone's head off, jump down someone's throat, lay into, wade into, lace into, pitch into, tear into; Brit. informal have a go at; N. Amer. informal light into. round someone /something up gather together, herd together, drive together, bring together, muster, marshal, rally, assemble, collect, group; N. Amer. corral, wrangle. ANTONYMS disperse, scatter. WORD TOOLKIT round See circular . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

roundabout

roundabout adjective 1 the bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby: circuitous, indirect, meandering, winding, serpentine, tortuous; rare anfractuous. ANTONYMS straight. 2 I did ask him, in a roundabout sort of way: indirect, oblique, circuitous, circumlocutory, periphrastic; meandering, discursive, digressive, long-winded; evasive; rare circumlocutionary, ambagious. ANTONYMS direct. ▶noun Brit. 1 go straight on at the roundabout: N. Amer. rotary, traffic circle. 2 an old-fashioned roundabout with painted wooden horses: merry-go-round, carousel; archaic whirligig.

 

roundly

roundly adverb 1 the 13 per cent pay increase was roundly condemned: vehemently, emphatically, fiercely, forcefully, sharply, bitterly, severely; bluntly, outspokenly, forthrightly, baldly, plainly, frankly, candidly. ANTONYMS mildly, gently. 2 she was roundly defeated by a ratio of two votes to one: utterly, completely, totally, thoroughly, decisively, conclusively, heavily, soundly. ANTONYMS narrowly.

 

round-up

round-up noun 1 a cattle round-up: gathering together, collecting up, collection, assembly, assembling, rally, rallying, muster, mustering, marshalling; herding together; N. Amer. rodeo, corralling, wrangling. ANTONYMS dispersal. 2 the Monday sports round-up: summary, synopsis, overview, review, survey, outline, summarization, digest, recapitulation; French precis, tour d'horizon; N. Amer. wrap-up; informal recap.

 

Duden Dictionary

Roundhead

Round head Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈraʊndhɛd |der Roundhead; Genitiv: des Roundhead [s ], Plural: die Roundheads englisch ; »Rundkopf «Spottname für einen Anhänger des Parlaments im englischen Bürgerkrieg 1644 –49 wegen des kurzen Haarschnitts

 

Round Table

Round Ta b le , Round Ta ble Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈraʊnd ˈteɪbl̩ |der Round Table; Genitiv: des Round Table Kurzwort für: Round-Table-Gespräch englisch round table, eigentlich = runder Tisch, in Anlehnung an: Round Table = Tafelrunde des Königs Artus Kurzwort für: Round-Table-Konferenz

 

Round-Table-Gespräch

Round-Ta b le-Ge spräch, Round-Ta ble-Ge spräch Substantiv, Neutrum , das englisch Gespräch am runden Tisch zwischen Gleichberechtigten

 

Round-Table-Konferenz

Round-Ta b le-Kon fe renz, Round-Ta ble-Kon fe renz Substantiv, feminin Politik , die englisch round-table conference = Konferenz am runden Tisch [internationale ] Konferenz, deren Sitzordnung [am runden Tisch ] ausdrückt, dass alle Teilnehmer gleichberechtigt sind Kurzform: Round Table

 

Round-up

Round-up , Round up Substantiv, Neutrum , das Roundup |ra͜untˈ |ap englisch ˈraʊndʌp ra͜untˈ |ap englisch ˈraʊndʌp |das Round-up; Genitiv: des Round-up [s ] das Roundup; Genitiv: des Roundup [s ] englisch round-up alljährliches Zusammentreiben des Viehs durch die Cowboys, um den Kälbern das Zeichen der Ranch aufzubrennen

 

Spanish Dictionary

round

round nombre masculino dep Cada una de las partes de que consta un combate de boxeo :el boxeador eliminó a su rival en el tercer round .SINÓNIMO asalto .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘raun ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

round

round /raʊnd /〖語源は 「車輪 」〗前置詞 ｟主に英 ｠(→around コーパスの窓 )1 〖移動 〗…のまわり [周囲 ]を回って ; …を回転軸 [中心 ]として (→around 前置詞 3 ).2 〖周囲 〗〈物 人 〉を (全部 部分的に )囲んで ; …のまわりを覆うように ; 〖数値の後で 〗〈腰 胸 物など 〉の周囲が … の寸法で (→around 前置詞 2 ).3 〖回避 〗(通り抜けるのではなく )…をぐるっと回って ; …の反対側に [へ , から ]; ｟比喩的に ｠〈事 人 〉を避けて (→around 前置詞 4 ).4 〖周辺 〗〈場所 〉のあちこちに [で , を ]; …を [の ]あらゆる方向に [を ]; …を (特に目的もなく )ぶらぶらと 〈移動する 〉, …でだらだらと 〈過ごす 〉(→around 前置詞 1 ).5 〖近辺 〗(場所 時間的に )…のあたりに , 近くに (→around 前置詞 5 ).6 〖連携 〗〈集団など 〉の間で [を ]次々と (→around 前置詞 6 ).7 〖訪問 〗｟非標準 ｠〈家など 〉を訪問して ; …を連続して訪問して (→around 前置詞 9 ).8 〖基準 〗〈必要性 考え 信念など 〉に従って , 基づいて 〈構築される 〉(→around 前置詞 8 ).9 〖話題 〗〈話題など 〉に焦点をあてて , …を中心に (→around 前置詞 10 ).副詞 比較なし (!主に句動詞で ) 1 (軸などを中心に )ぐるりと回って (→around 副詞 4 ).2 〖時に 名詞 の後で 〗囲むように , まわりに [を , から ]; 〖数値の後で 〗…の周囲 [胴回り ]で (→around 副詞 3 ).3 あちこちに [で , を ]; (特定の場所の )いたる所に [で , を ]; いろいろな方向に ; (中心 指示点から )あらゆる方向へ ; 〖数値の後で 〗半径の範囲内に , …四方に (→around 副詞 1 ).4 (特に )何もせずに , ぼけっと ; ｟くだけて ｠(ばかなことをして )時間をむだにして (→around 副詞 2 ).5 (多くの人に )行き渡って , 人から人へ回して ; ある場所からある場所へ ; 場所が変わって [入れ替わって ](→around 副詞 9 ).6 反対 [別の ]方向に (回って ); ｟比喩的に ｠【意見などに 】(考え直して )同意し始めて «to » (→around 副詞 6 ).7 (通り抜けるのではなく )まわりを回って , 迂回 （うかい ）して (→around 副詞 5 ).8 (本来の目的地に行く前に )立ち寄って ; (同種の場所を )次々と訪れて (→around 副詞 10 ).9 ｟くだけて ｠家に [を ] (非公式に短時間訪問して )(→around 副詞 11 ).10 (また )巡ってきて , 一定期間ごとに (→around 副詞 7 ).11 意識が戻って (→around 副詞 8 ).12 ｟英 ｠状況を正しく判断して (→around 副詞 16 ).à ll r ó und 1 ｟主に英 ｠= all around (1 ), (2 ), (3 ).2 (計測などで )周囲に [を ]▸ Allow 2mm extra all round .周囲に2ミリの余分を見ておいてください .r ò und ab ó ut 1 ｟主に英話 ｠ほぼ …(around about ).2 〖名詞 の後で 〗そのあたりに [の ], まわりに [の ]▸ the villages round about まわりの村々 r ò und and r ó und (A )1 (A 〈場所など 〉を )ぐるぐると [何回も ]回って, ぐるぐると回して ; ｟比喩的に ｠堂々巡りで (!強意的にround and round and roundのように繰り返すことがある ) ▸ go round and round in circles 円を描くように何度もぐるぐる回る 2 あちこちに [を ].形容詞 ～er ; ～est /3 は比較なし 1 〈物 形が 〉丸い , 円形 [球 , 円柱 ]の (ような ), 丸みを帯びた ; 〈目が 〉【興奮 恐怖などで 】大きく見開いた , 丸くなった «with » ▸ It has a round shape like the sun .それは太陽のように丸い形をしている ▸ It is difficult to hit a small round ball with a round bat .円筒形のバットで小さな丸いボールを打つのは難しい ▸ a man with a round face 丸顔の男 ▸ watch with round eyes 目を丸くして見つめる 2 (半円状に )丸みを帯びた ; (半円球状に )丸くふくらんだ , こんもりとした ; 〈体の部位などが 〉ふっくらとした , ぽっちゃりとした ; 〈肩が 〉前かがみに丸くなった ▸ in one's small round handwriting 小さな丸みを帯びた筆跡で ▸ a girl with round breasts [round shoulders ]ふっくらとした胸の [猫背の ]女の子 3 〖名詞 の前で 〗端数のない , ちょうどの 〈数 〉; 概数の (!通例0や5で終わったり, 小数点のつかない数字をさす ) ; 完全な , 丸々の ; ｟やや古 ｠かなりの 〈金額 〉▸ In round figures [numbers ], we lost $20,000 .概数で言うと, 2万ドルの損失だった ▸ Will you make it a round figure? Say ten dollars?切りのいい数字にしてもらえますか . 例えば10ドルとか ▸ a round dozen 丸々12個 4 ぐるっと回る , 循環する .5 〈文体などが 〉流れるような , 流麗な ; 〈声が 〉 (かすれてなくて )豊かな , よく響く .6 〘音声 〙〈母音が 〉唇を丸めて発音される ▸ a round vowel 円唇母音 〘/u, o /など 〙7 ｟古 ｠〈人などが 〉包み隠しのない , 率直な ; 〈声明などが 〉きっぱりとした , 断定的な .名詞 複 ～s /-dz /C 1 〖a /the … ～ of A 〗(長い過程の中で )…回目 [段階 ]のA 〈行事 事など 〉 (!…の位置に現れる主な語:first, second, final, last, another, next, new ) ; 〖a /the ～ of A 〗(関連する ) 一連のA 〈事 〉▸ The first round of voting takes place on Sunday .1回目の投票は日曜日に行われる ▸ a round of talks (数回にわたる )一連の会談 ▸ during two rounds of testing 2回にわたる実験の間に 2 a. 〖しばしば ～s 〗(一連の定期的な )(業務 )訪問 (!(医者の )回診, (警備の )巡回, 警邏 （けいら ）など ) ▸ make [｟主に英 ｠do ] one's rounds 巡回をする ▸ be (out ) on one's rounds 巡回中で (不在で )ある b. ｟英 ｠(定期的な )配達 [販売 ](区域 ), 集配 (｟米 ｠route )▸ do [have ] a paper round 新聞配達をする 3 丸い形 [円形 ]のもの ; 輪切り (のもの )▸ a round of cheese チーズの丸い塊 ▸ slice a carrot into rounds ニンジンを輪切りにする 4 〘スポーツ 〙a. 〖しばしばthe ＋序数 ＋～/～＋数詞 〗(ボクシング レスリングなどの )1ラウンド ; (競技の一部となる )1試合 , 1勝負 (!主にテニス サッカー フットボールなどで ) ▸ be knocked out in the fifth round 5ラウンド目にノックアウトされる ▸ That's the bell for round three .第3ラウンドのゴングが鳴りました b. 〘ゴルフ 〙1ラウンド 〘通例全部で18ホールを回る 〙▸ play two rounds of golf ゴルフを2ラウンドプレーする 5 (居合わせた全員に )ひと通り配ること ; 酒をふるまうこと ; その1回分 〘酒の場合, 同席者がしばしば交替で支払う 〙▸ take turns in buying a round of drinks for everyone 代わる代わる皆に酒をふるまう ▸ He signaled the bartender for another round .彼はバーテンダーにもう1杯ずつくれと合図した ▸ What'll you have? It's my round .何にするかい . 今度は僕が払うよ 6 〖a ～ of A 〗一斉にわき起こるA 〈拍手 歓声など 〉▸ Let's give her a round of applause .彼女に大きな拍手を ▸ After the performance, there was a huge round of cheers .演奏の後, 一斉に盛大な歓声がわき起こった 7 ｟主に英 ｠(スライスした )パン1枚 ▸ a round of toast トースト1枚 ▸ a round of sandwiches (パン2枚で挟んだ )サンドイッチ1つ 8 (定期的に繰り返される )一連の活動 (!｟英 ｠では ｟やや古 ｠) ▸ do the daily round of cleaning and cooking 掃除や料理といった日々のやるべき仕事をする 9 牛のもも肉 (round of beef ) 〘通例骨付きで厚い円形の切り身 〙.10 (弾丸 弾薬の )1発 (分 ).11 〘楽 〙輪唱歌 .12 円を描くような [軸を回るような ]動き .13 (はしごなどの丸い )段 , 横木 (rung 2 ).14 〖the ～〗丸彫り .15 全範囲 [領域 ]; 全周囲 .d ò [｟ややまれ ｠g ò ] the r ó unds ｟主に英 ｠＝make the rounds .in the r ó und 1 〈劇場が 〉 (客席がステージを囲むように )円形で ; 〈作品などが 〉全方向から見られるようになって, 円形劇場様式で ; ｟比喩的に ｠詳細に, あらゆる面から .2 〈彫刻などが 〉丸彫りの (↔in relief ; ↑名詞 14 ).m à ke the r ó unds 1 ｟米 くだけて ｠〈病気 話などが 〉次々と広まる, あっという間に広がる .2 【複数の場所を 】次々と訪問する [回る ] «of » .動詞 ～s /-dz /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈曲がり角 建物など 〉を曲がる ; 〈岬 〉を回る .2 …を丸くする , «…の形に » …をそろえる , まとめる «into » .3 【切りのよい数字に 】〈数 〉を丸める «to » .4 〘音声 〙〈母音 〉を唇を丸くして発音する .自動詞 1 丸く [丸い形に ]なる ; ｟比喩的に ｠〈目が 〉 (興奮 恐怖などで )丸くなる (→round-eyed ).2 回る , 回転する .3 巡回する .r ò und A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]【整数 10の倍数になるように 】〈数字 〉の端数を切り捨てる «to » (↔round A off [up ]).r ò und ó ff 〈人が 〉 «…して » (会などを )締めくくる «by do ing » .r ò und A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 〈人 事 物が 〉 «…で /…して » A 〈事 〉をうまく終える [締めくくる ](｟米 ｠round A out ) «with /by do ing » .2 «…を使って » A 〈物 〉の角 （かど ）を取って丸くする «with » .3 【切りのよい数字に 】A 〈端数付き数 〉を丸める «to » .r ó und on [｟よりかたく 主に書 ｠upon ] A ｟英 ｠(急に )A 〈人 〉を激しく非難する, Aに食ってかかる ; (反撃に転じて )A 〈動物 人など 〉を攻撃する .r ò und ó ut (成長して )丸みを帯びる ; 〈特に女性が 〉 (特に魅力的に )ふっくらしてくる .r ò und A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 «…で /…して » A 〈事 〉をより完全なものにする, Aに磨きをかける «with /by do ing » .2 ｟米 ｠＝round A off (1 ).3 A 〈上位順位など 〉を占める, 総なめにする .r ò und A ú p [ú p A ]1 〈警察 軍隊などが 〉A 〈集団 〉を検挙 [逮捕 ]する, 捕まえる .2 ｟くだけて ｠【事のために 】A 〈人々 動物たちなど 〉を駆り集める ; A 〈散らかった物 証拠など 〉を集める «for » (→roundup ).3 ＝round A off (3 ).4 A 〈会議 行事など 〉を終える .～̀ br á cket ｟英 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗丸括弧 .～̀ d á nce 円舞 〘a ワルツ ポルカなど, 男女の組による回転を特徴とするダンス.b 大勢が輪になって踊るダンス 〙.～̀ h á nd 丸みを帯びた筆跡 .～̀ r ó bin ＝round-robin .～̀ st é ak ラウンドステーキ 〘牛のもも肉を使う; ↑名詞 9 〙.～̀ t á ble 1 (参加者が平等に議論できる )円卓会議 ; 〖集合的に 〗その参加者 .2 〖the R- T- 〗(アーサー王の )円卓 ; 〖集合的に 〗アーサー王と円卓の騎士たち .～̀ tr í p 1 ｟主に米 ｠(通例同じ経路を帰る )往復旅行 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗往復の (→round-trip ); 〖副詞的に 〗往復で .2 ｟英 ｠(複数の場所を回って帰って来る )一周旅行, 周遊旅行 .～̀ tr í pper ｟米俗 ｠ホームラン (home run ).r ó und ness 名詞

 

roundabout

round a bout /ráʊndəbàʊt /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C ｟英 ｠1 ロータリー , 円形交差路 (｟米 ｠traffic circle, rotary )▸ drive round a roundabout ロータリーを回って運転する 2 メリーゴーランド , 回転遊具 (merry-go-round, ｟米 ｠carousel ).形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 回り道の , 遠回りの ▸ take a roundabout route 回り道をする 2 遠回しの , 回りくどい 〈表現など 〉▸ in a roundabout way 遠回しに, 回りくどいやり方で

 

rounded

r ó und ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 丸い ; ふっくらした ; 曲線的な ; 丸く山盛りにした .2 (身体 人柄が )成熟した, 角がとれた .

 

roundel

roun del /ráʊnd (ə )l /名詞 C 1 (小さな )丸いもの ; (小 )円盤 .2 (特に )円形の飾り皿, メダル, 小窓 .3 (家柄 所属を示す )円形の紋, 標識 .

 

rounder

r ó und er 名詞 1 C 丸くする人 [道具 ].2 〖～s; 単数扱い 〗ラウンダーズ 〘野球に似た英国の球技 〙.3 C ｟米話 ｠大酒飲み, 飲んだくれ .

 

round-eyed

r ò und- é yed 形容詞 〈人が 〉 (驚いて )目を丸くした .

 

Roundhead

R ó und h è ad 名詞 C 〘英史 〙円頂 [議会 ]党員 〘1642 --52年間の英国内乱の際, 国王CharlesⅠに敵対した議会派清教徒; 頭髪を短くしていたことから; →Cavalier 〙.

 

roundhouse

r ó und h ò use 名詞 C 1 ｟米俗 ｠〘ボクシング 〙大振りのフックパンチ ; (空手などの )回し蹴 （げ ）り .2 〘野球 〙大きく曲がるスローカーブ .3 〘船 〙後甲板船室 ; 円形機関車庫 .

 

roundish

round ish /ráʊndɪʃ /形容詞 丸味がかった, やや丸い .

 

roundly

r ó und ly 副詞 1 丸く, 円形に .2 活発に, 勢いよく .3 ｟くだけて ｠露骨に, あからさまに, ぶっちゃけて .4 激しく, 厳しく .5 ｟かたく ｠十分に ; 完全に, 徹底的に .6 おおよそ, 概算で, ざっと .

 

round-robin

r ò und-r ó bin 名詞 C 〖しばしば形容詞的に 〗1 〘スポーツ 〙総当たり戦 (↔knockout ).2 嘆願書, 抗議文書 〘書いた順序を隠すため円形に連署する 〙; (コメントを付け足してゆく )回覧文書, 寄せ書き .3 円卓会議 (round table ).

 

round-shouldered

r ò und-sh ó uldered 形容詞 〈人が 〉猫背の (!「なで肩 」はsloping shoulders ) .

 

roundsman

rounds man /ráʊn (d )zmən /名詞 複 -men C 1 ｟英 ｠御用聞き, 外交員, (牛乳 パンなどの )配達人 (｟男女共用 ｠deliverer, route delivery clerk ).2 ｟米 ｠(ほかの警官を巡視する )パトロール警官 (｟男女共用 ｠route supervisor ).

 

round-table

r ò und-t á ble 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗円卓の ▸ a round-table conference 円卓会議

 

round-the-clock

r ò und-the-cl ó ck 形容詞 24時間連続 [営業 ]の, 休み [絶え間 ]ない (around-the-clock ).

 

round-the-world

round-the-world /ràʊn (d )ðəwə́ː r ld /形容詞 世界一周の .

 

round(-)trip

r ò und (-)tr í p 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗｟主に米 ｠往復の 〈切符 料金 便など 〉(↔one-way ); ｟英 ｠周遊 (旅行 )の ▸ a round-trip [｟英 ｠return ] ticket 往復切符 .

 

roundup

r ó und ù p 名詞 C 1 (家畜 物などの )駆り集め .2 (駆り集めをする )人 [馬 ]; (集められた )家畜 .3 (犯人などの )一斉検挙 ; …狩り .4 (ニュースなどの )総括, まとめ .

 

roundworm

r ó und w ò rm 名詞 C 〘動 〙回虫 .