(v. i. & t.) To whisper.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
of a musket is round.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in
even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
(a.) Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
round price.
(a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
round note.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
(a.) Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to
their style.
(a.) Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
(n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden
round" [the crown].
(n.) 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.
(n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of
persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
(n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn,
and then repeated.
(n.) A circular dance.
(n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round
of applause.
(n.) Rotation, as in office; succession.
(n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece
which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which
each soldier fires once.
(n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as,
twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual
contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
(n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded,
the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
(n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
(n.) An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.
(n.) See Roundtop.
(n.) Same as Round of beef, below.
(adv.) On all sides; around.
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
(adv.) From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
(adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
course; back to the starting point.
(adv.) Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
(adv.) Roundly; fully; vigorously.
(prep.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
(v. t.) To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence,
to bring to a fit conclusion.
(v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or
point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
(v. t.) To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods
in writing.
(v. i.) To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness,
completeness, or perfection.
(v. i.) To go round, as a guard.
(v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
