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rounded

/ˈɹaʊndɪd/

verb

Meaning

  • To shape something into a curve.

    "The carpenter rounded the edges of the table."

  • To become shaped into a curve.

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

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

  • To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

    "Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred."

  • To turn past a boundary.

    "Helen watched him until he rounded the corner."

  • 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."

  • To advance to home plate.

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

  • To go round, pass, go past.

  • To encircle; to encompass.

  • To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

  • To do ward rounds.

  • To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

  • To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Synonyms

surround

verb

Meaning

  • To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

  • To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

adjective

Meaning

  • Made into a circle or sphere.

  • Complete or balanced.

  • Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.

  • Ending in a broad arch.

  • (of a vowel etc.) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.

    "The sound /u/ is a rounded vowel."