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round

round (third-person singular simple present rounds, present participle rounding, simple past and past participle rounded)

1. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.

   The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.

2. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     The girls figure, he perceived, was admirably proportioned; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence.

3. (with ""out"") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

   She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.

4. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

   Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.

5. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.

   Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.

6. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

   As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.

7. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.

   And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.

8. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past
   • 2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, BBC:

     Diouf rounded Zaluska near the byeline and crossed but Daniel Majstorovic headed away and Celtic eventually mopped up the danger.

round (plural rounds)

1. A circular object.
   • 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 50:

     All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place.

2. A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.

   The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.

3. An general outburst from a group of people at an event.

   The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.

4. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
5. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.

   They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.

6. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
   • 2009, Patrick Condon, ""Boy with cancer, mom return home"", Associated Press, printed in Austin American-Statesman, 2009 May 26, page A4:

     Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.

7. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
8. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
9. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
10. (sports) A stage in a competition.

    qualifying rounds of the championship

11. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
12. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
13. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

    All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices.

14. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.

round (comparative rounder or more round, superlative roundest or most round)

1. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

   We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.

2. Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

   The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.

3. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

   Our childs bed has round corners for safety.

4. Plump
5. Complete, whole, not lacking.

   The baker sold us a round dozen.

6. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

   One hundred is a nice round number.

7. (linguistics) Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an ""O"".

round (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of around.

round

1. (rare in US) Alternative form of around.

   I look round the room quick to make sure its neat looking.

	rotondo
	Plump
	circular or cylindrical
	Che ha forma circolare, cilindrica o sferica.

	tondo
	circular or cylindrical
	Circolare o con una sezione trasversale circolare in almeno una direzione.
	Circular or having a circular cross-section in at least one direction.

	arrotondare
	To shorten the fractional part of a number, increasing the last remaining (rightmost) digit or not, according to whether the deleted portion was over or under five.

intorno

	assalto
	To attack someone physically or emotionally.

	tonda
	Circolare o con una sezione trasversale circolare in almeno una direzione.
	Circular or having a circular cross-section in at least one direction.

attorno

attorno a

canone

cerchio

ciclo

circa

circolare

circolo

circonferenza

completare

completo

curva

girare

giro

globo

in giro

intero

intorno a

linea

obeso

paffuto

palla

ruotare

salva

serie

sfera

sferico

smussare

tunnu

turno

verso

volta

Altri significati:

(linguistics) Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O".

stage of a sports competition

Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

(intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.

A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.

A stage in the process of multilateral trade negotiations.

(sports) In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.

(archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scottish) A whisper; whispering.

(transitive) To shape something into a curve.

A charge of ammunition for a single shot.

(transitive) To go round, pass, go past

(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.

(intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.

(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.

to round out

to turn and attack

(transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.

Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

(intransitive) To turn and attack someone or thing.

song

Alternative form of around.

(butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.

complete, not lacking

circular object

rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

(rare in US) Alternative form of around.

outburst

period in a boxing match

pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O"

circular or repetitious route

A circular object.

to turn past a boundary

serving

A single individual portion or dose of medicine.

(sports) A stage in a competition.

(sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.

(archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scottish) Discourse; song.

event (in a meet)

(transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scottish) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

Complete, whole, not lacking.

of corners that lack sharp angles

(transitive) To turn past a boundary.

(intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scottish) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.

A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

to approximate a number

A regular route for a sentry or policeman.

to shape into a curve

spherical

(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

An general outburst from a group of people at an event.

mild (taste)

individual ammunition shell

A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.

golf etc: way around the course

of a number that has been rounded off

Traduzione 'veloce'

rotondo |tondo |arrotondare |intorno |assalto |tonda |attorno |attorno a |canone |cerchio |ciclo |circa |circolare |circolo |circonferenza |completare |completo |curva |girare |giro |globo |in giro |intero |intorno a |linea |obeso |paffuto |palla |ruotare |salva |serie |sfera |sferico |smussare |tunnu |turno |verso |volta |