an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
<noun.time> the never-ending cycle of the seasons
a regular route for a sentry or policeman
<noun.location> in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
(often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
<noun.act> the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning the postman's rounds we enjoyed our round of the local bars
the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
<noun.act> a round of golf takes about 4 hours
the usual activities in your day
<noun.act> the doctor made his rounds
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
<noun.time>
the course along which communications spread
<noun.object> the story is going the rounds in Washington
a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
<noun.food> he ordered a second round
a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
<noun.food>
a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
<noun.communication> they enjoyed singing rounds
an outburst of applause
<noun.communication> there was a round of applause
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
<noun.artifact>
any circular or rotating mechanism
<noun.artifact> the machine punched out metal circles [ verb ]
<adv.all> It rains all year round on Skye frigid weather the year around [ adj ]
(of sounds) full and rich
<adj.all> orotund tones the rotund and reverberating phrase pear-shaped vowels
(mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
<adj.all> in round numbers
Round \Round\, v. i. & t. [From {Roun}.] To whisper. [obs.] --Shak. Holland.
The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, ``Ye are not a wise man,'' . . . he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, ``Wherefore brought ye me here?'' --Calderwood.
Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L. rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund}, {roundel}, {Rundlet}.] 1. 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. ``The big, round tears.'' --Shak.
Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. --Milton.
2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
3. 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. ``Their round haunches gored.'' --Shak.
4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. --Arbuthnot.
5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum. --Shak.
Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon. --Tennyson.
6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
7. (Phonetics) 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, [sect] 11.
8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. ``The round assertion.'' --M. Arnold.
Sir Toby, I must be round with you. --Shak.
9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [Obs.]
In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. --Peacham.
10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
Round dealing is the honor of man's nature. --Bacon.
{At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden.
{In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.
{Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right cylinder.
{Round clam} (Zo["o]l.), the quahog.
{Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.
{Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account.
{Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.
{Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.] (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so as not to indicate who signed first. ``No round robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the Porch.'' --De Quincey. (b) (Zo["o]l.) The cigar fish.
{Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.
{Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}.
{Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers, tapering from the base upward, and usually having a conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
{Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison.
{Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a belaying pin, etc.
{To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
Round \Round\ (round), n. 1. Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. ``The golden round'' [the crown]. --Shak.
In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled. --Milton.
2. 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.
3. Hence: 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.
4. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
the trivial round, the common task. --Keble.
5. Hence: (Mining, Tunneling) One work cycle, consisting of drilling blast holes, loading them with explosive, blasting, mucking out, and, if necessary, installing temporary support. [RDH]
. . . Inco is still much more advanced than other mining companies. He says that the LKAB mine in Sweden is the closest rival. He predicts that, by 2008, Inco can reach a new productivity plateau, doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350 tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. Another aim is to triple the mine cycle rate (the time to drill, blast and muck a round) from one cycle to three complete cycles per 24 hours. --http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/apr00/page10.asp [PJC]
6. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
Women to cards may be compared: we play A round or two; which used, we throw away. --Granville.
The feast was served; the bowl was crowned; To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. --Prior.
7. Hence: A complete set of plays in a game or contest covering a standard number of individual plays or parts; as, a round of golf; a round of tennis. [PJC]
8. Hence: One set of games in a tournament. [PJC]
9. The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
10. A circular dance.
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. --Milton.
11. That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.
12. Rotation, as in office; succession. --Holyday.
13. The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise. --Dryden.
14. (Mil.) (a) 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. (b) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. (c) One piece of ammunition for a firearm, used by discharging one piece at a time; as, each soldier carried a hundred rounds of ammunition. [1913 Webster +PJC]
15. (Mus.) 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.
16. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
17. A vessel filled, as for drinking; as, to drink a round od ale together. [R.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
18. An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians. --Addison.
19. (Naut.) See {Roundtop}.
20. Same as {Round of beef}, below.
{Gentlemen of the round}. (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds. See 10 (a), above. (b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. [Obs.]
Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers do what they can. --B. Jonson.
{Round of beef}, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone, or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of {beef}.
{Round steak}, a beefsteak cut from the round.
{Sculpture in the round}, sculpture giving the full form, as of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.
Round \Round\, 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.
The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper.
{Round about}, an emphatic form for round or about. ``Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle.'' --Num. xi. 24.
{To come round}, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.]
Round \Round\, adv. 1. On all sides; around.
Round he throws his baleful eyes. --Milton.
2. 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.
3. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
4. From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
5. By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
6. Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
The invitations were sent round accordingly. --Sir W. Scott.
7. Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{All round}, over the whole place; in every direction.
{All-round}, of general capacity; as, an all-round man. [Colloq.]
{To bring one round}. (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct. (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]
Round \Round\, v. i. 1. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
The queen your mother rounds apace. --Shak.
So rounds he to a separate mind, From whence clear memory may begin. --Tennyson.
2. To go round, as a guard. [Poetic]
They . . . nightly rounding walk. --Milton.
3. To go or turn round; to wheel about. --Tennyson.
{To round to} (Naut.), to turn the head of a ship toward the wind.
Round \Round\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rounding}.] 1. 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.
Worms with many feet, which round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber. --Bacon.
The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very great perfection. --Addison.
2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. --Shak.
3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.
We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. --Shak.
4. To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. --Swift.
{To round in} (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. --Totten. (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as on cattle ranches. [Western U.S.]
She said only two of about 150 candidates supported by the ultra-right nationalist group Pamyat survived the first round.
Can the company turn the failures round while insulating the successes from recession?
Operators of the Seabrook nuclear power plant warmed the reactor for its first low-power testing, but opponents planned to turn up some heat of their own with a new round of mass protests.
He said one recent trip to San Francisco, booked through Eastern's club, cost $175 round trip. "The cheapest (comparable) airfare I was able to find was $268," he said.
In Sofia, the United Democratic Forces won 18 of 26 available seats in the first round of elections.
The latest round in the conflict broke out in March when Christian army commander, Gen.
The final round of unification talks must be concluded between the four World War II allies _ the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France.
Current best practice is to round up such small sums to Pounds 10.
He said, "If you ask Jack Nicklaus the best round of golf he ever had on the easiest golf course, and he told you it was 60, but yesterday he shot an 82 on St. Andrews, would you say he lost 22 strokes off his game?"
Adams' attorneys made a whirlwind round of appeals Wednesday in hopes of finding a judge to stay the execution.
It is expected to be signed formally at the Washington peace talks, which enter their eleventh round this week. Many of the most difficult and sensitive details remain obscure.
And there is the ceaseless round of Tinseltown parties, where celebrity-spotting becomes a form of delirium tremens.
However, the Ruhr-Zink and Duisburg refineries 'are suffering from depressed zinc and lead prices and will turn round as economies recover'.
"Last night, we were going through a fair amount of anxiety about how we were going to pay our next round of bills," he says.
As governor he first opposed, then came round to, Proposition Thirteen, the property tax-cutting initiative that swept the state in 1978.
But there is concern in the PT that the election will be over in the first round.
Nakasone, now 67, is shown as burly, with round eyes and a uncharacteristic full head of hair.
The agency also reported that a new round of price increases will make some farm products substantially more expensive starting Feb. 1.
The stock market overcame an early round of profit-taking to record a solid advance in response to better-than-expected news on the July trade deficit.
It has ruled out pledges for extra spending on training, infrastructure and industrial support policies. Mr Clarke reconvened EDX early in an effort to push through a rapid endorsement by the full cabinet of another tough spending round.
The dividend is expected to be maintained. Another round of write-downs on property and the Channel Tunnel contract is thought to have kept BICC's pre-tax profit flat at about Pounds 80m last year.
But this dispute is just the latest round in a seemingly endless struggle between the two neighbors.
The Bank of England did not take up offers in the early round, if any were made, forcing the overnight rate as high as 11 1/2 per cent at one stage.
High unemployment and a zero wage round have dampened consumer demand so far this year. Spain's official currency reserves rose by Dollars 89.50m in August from July, according to provisional figures released by the Bank of Spain yesterday.
But if you are just that fraction more sedentary, you can equally well drive round them in a couple of days.
Turnout was put at 67% for the referendum, the second round of free elections since the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime two years ago.
Mr Jim Bolger, the conservative New Zealand prime minister, would also like a successful round of talks to improve his image in the approach to a difficult election later this year.
Many City economists have now come round to the Bank of England's more relaxed view on inflation.
There was speculation that the Bank of Japan might decide to raise its discount rate over the weekend in the aftermath of Thursday's round of rate rises around Europe, led by the West German Bundesbank.
A synagogue also remains and bakeries still sell round rings very much like bagels in addition to brick-like loaves of black bread, a local specialty.