ALL meanings of rounding
round·ing
R r - adjective rounding roughly correct; approximate: a round guess. 1
- adjective rounding considerable in amount; ample: a round sum of money. 1
- adjective rounding brought to completeness or perfection. 1
- adjective rounding full and sonorous, as sound. 1
- adjective rounding vigorous or brisk: a round trot. 1
- adjective rounding straightforward, plain, or candid; outspoken: a round scolding. 1
- adjective rounding positive or unqualified: a round assertion. 1
- noun rounding any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere. 1
- noun rounding a circular, ring-shaped, curved, or spherical object; a rounded form. 1
- noun rounding something circular in cross section, as a rung of a ladder or chair. 1
- noun rounding 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 rounding any complete course, series, or succession: The strike was settled after a long round of talks; a round of parties. 1
- noun rounding Often, rounds. a going around from place to place, as in a habitual or definite circuit: a doctor's rounds. 1
- noun rounding 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 rounding a recurring period of time, succession of events, duties, etc.: the daily round. 1
- noun rounding an entire range: the round of human capabilities. 1
- noun rounding a single outburst, as of applause or cheers. 1
- noun rounding a single discharge of shot by each of a number of guns, rifles, etc. 1
- noun rounding a single discharge by one firearm. 1
- noun rounding a charge of ammunition for a single shot. 1
- noun rounding 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 rounding round dance. 1
- noun rounding movement in a circle or around an axis. 1
- noun rounding Cookery. Also, round of beef. the portion of the thigh of beef below the rump and above the leg. Informal. round steak. 1
- noun rounding a slice, as of bread. 1
- noun rounding Archery. a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance from the target in accordance with the rules. 1
- noun rounding one of a series of three-minute periods making up a boxing match: a 15-round bout. 1
- noun rounding 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 rounding Golf. a playing of the complete course. 1
- noun rounding 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 rounding throughout or from the beginning to the end of a recurring period of time: all year round. 1
- adverb rounding Also, 'round. around: The music goes round and round. 1
- preposition rounding throughout (a period of time): a resort visited all round the year. 1
- preposition rounding around: It happened round noon. 1
- verb with object rounding to make round. 1
- verb with object rounding to free from angularity; fill out symmetrically; make plump. 1
- verb with object rounding to bring to completeness or perfection; finish. 1
- verb with object rounding Jewelry. to form (a gem) roughly (sometimes followed by up); girdle. 1
- verb with object rounding to end (a sentence, paragraph, etc.) with something specified: He rounded his speech with a particularly apt quotation. 1
- verb with object rounding to encircle or surround. 1
- verb with object rounding to make a complete circuit of; pass completely around. 1
- verb with object rounding to make a turn or partial circuit around or to the other side of: to round a corner. 1
- verb with object rounding to cause to move in a circle; turn around. 1
- verb with object rounding Phonetics. to make the opening at (the lips) relatively round or pursed during an utterance. to pronounce (a speech sound, especially a vowel) with rounded lips; labialize. to contract (the lips) laterally. Compare spread (def 14b), unround. 1
- verb with object rounding Mathematics. to replace by the nearest multiple of 10, with 5 being increased to the next highest multiple: 15,837 can be rounded to 15,840; then to 15,800; then to 16,000. 1
- verb without object rounding to become round. 1
- verb without object rounding to become free from angularity; become plump. 1
- verb without object rounding to develop to completeness or perfection. 1
- verb without object rounding to take a circular course; make a circuit, as a guard. 1
- verb without object rounding to make a turn or partial circuit around something. 1