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ALL meanings of make rounds

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  • adjective make rounds having a circular cross section, as a cylinder; cylindrical. 1
  • adjective make rounds spherical or globular, as a ball. 1
  • adjective make rounds shaped more or less like a part of a sphere; hemispherical. 1
  • adjective make rounds free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes, as handwriting or parts of the body. 1
  • adjective make rounds executed with or involving circular motion. 1
  • adjective make rounds full, complete, or entire: a round dozen. 1
  • adjective make rounds noting, formed, or expressed by an integer or whole number with no fraction. 1
  • adjective make rounds expressed, given, or exact to the nearest multiple or power of ten; in tens, hundreds, thousands, or the like: in round numbers. 1
  • adjective make rounds roughly correct; approximate: a round guess. 1
  • adjective make rounds considerable in amount; ample: a round sum of money. 1
  • adjective make rounds brought to completeness or perfection. 1
  • adjective make rounds full and sonorous, as sound. 1
  • adjective make rounds vigorous or brisk: a round trot. 1
  • adjective make rounds straightforward, plain, or candid; outspoken: a round scolding. 1
  • adjective make rounds positive or unqualified: a round assertion. 1
  • noun make rounds any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere. 1
  • noun make rounds a circular, ring-shaped, curved, or spherical object; a rounded form. 1
  • noun make rounds something circular in cross section, as a rung of a ladder or chair. 1
  • noun make rounds Sometimes, rounds. a completed course of time, series of events or operations, etc., ending at a point corresponding to that at the beginning: We waited through the round of many years. 1
  • noun make rounds any complete course, series, or succession: The strike was settled after a long round of talks; a round of parties. 1
  • noun make rounds Often, rounds. a going around from place to place, as in a habitual or definite circuit: a doctor's rounds. 1
  • noun make rounds a completed course or spell of activity, commonly one of a series, in some play or sport: the second round of a tournament. 1
  • noun make rounds a recurring period of time, succession of events, duties, etc.: the daily round. 1
  • noun make rounds an entire range: the round of human capabilities. 1
  • noun make rounds a single outburst, as of applause or cheers. 1
  • noun make rounds a single discharge of shot by each of a number of guns, rifles, etc. 1
  • noun make rounds a single discharge by one firearm. 1
  • noun make rounds a charge of ammunition for a single shot. 1
  • noun make rounds a single serving, especially of drink, made more or less simultaneously to everyone present, as at table or at a bar: The next round is on me. 1
  • noun make rounds round dance. 1
  • noun make rounds movement in a circle or around an axis. 1
  • noun make rounds Cookery. Also, round of beef. the portion of the thigh of beef below the rump and above the leg. Informal. round steak. 1
  • noun make rounds a slice, as of bread. 1
  • noun make rounds Archery. a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance from the target in accordance with the rules. 1
  • noun make rounds one of a series of three-minute periods making up a boxing match: a 15-round bout. 1
  • noun make rounds Music. a short, rhythmical canon at the unison, in which the several voices enter at equally spaced intervals of time. rounds, the order followed in ringing a peal of bells in diatonic sequence from the highest to the lowest. 1
  • noun make rounds Golf. a playing of the complete course. 1
  • noun make rounds Cards. a division of play in a game, consisting of a turn each for every player to bid, bet, play a card, deal the cards, or be dealt cards. 1
  • adverb make rounds throughout or from the beginning to the end of a recurring period of time: all year round. 1
  • adverb make rounds Also, 'round. around: The music goes round and round. 1
  • preposition make rounds throughout (a period of time): a resort visited all round the year. 1
  • preposition make rounds around: It happened round noon. 1
  • verb with object make rounds to make round. 1
  • verb with object make rounds to free from angularity; fill out symmetrically; make plump. 1
  • verb with object make rounds to bring to completeness or perfection; finish. 1
  • verb with object make rounds Jewelry. to form (a gem) roughly (sometimes followed by up); girdle. 1
  • verb with object make rounds to end (a sentence, paragraph, etc.) with something specified: He rounded his speech with a particularly apt quotation. 1
  • verb with object make rounds to encircle or surround. 1
  • verb with object make rounds to make a complete circuit of; pass completely around. 1
  • verb with object make rounds to make a turn or partial circuit around or to the other side of: to round a corner. 1
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