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1. Having a circular shape
   - circular
    
2. (of sounds) full and rich
   - orotund, rotund, pear-shaped
    
3. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
   "in round numbers"

1. A charge of ammunition for a single shot
   - unit of ammunition, one shot
    
2. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
   - cycle, rhythm
    
3. A regular route for a sentry or policeman
   - beat
    
4. (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
   "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars"
    
5. The activity of playing 18 holes of golf
   "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"
   - round of golf
    
6. The usual activities in your day
   "the doctor made his rounds"
   - daily round
    
7. (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
   - turn, bout
    
8. The course along which communications spread
   "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
    
9. A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
   "he ordered a second round"
   - round of drinks
    
10. A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
     
11. 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
    "they enjoyed singing rounds"
    - troll
     
12. An outburst of applause
    "there was a round of applause"
     
13. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair
    - rung, stave
     
14. Any circular or rotating mechanism
    - circle

1. Wind around; move along a circular course
   "round the bend"
    
2. Make round
   "round the edges"
   - round out, round off
    
3. Pronounce with rounded lips
   - labialize, labialise [Brit]
    
4. Attack in speech or writing
   - attack, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
    
5. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
   - polish, round off, polish up, brush up
    
6. Express as a round number
   "round off the amount"
   - round off, round down, round out
    
7. Become round, plump, or shapely
   - flesh out, fill out

1. From beginning to end; throughout
   "It rains all year round on Skye"
   - around

Derived forms: rounds, roundest, rounder, rounded, rounding

See also: apple-shaped, ball-shaped, barrel-shaped, bulblike, bulbous, bulb-shaped, capitate, coccoid, cumuliform, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disc-shaped, disklike, disk-shaped, full, global, globose, globular, goblet-shaped, inexact, moonlike, moon-round, nutlike, orbicular, pancake-like, pear-shaped, pinwheel-shaped, ringlike, rounded, rounder, roundish, roundly, roundness, spheric, spherical, wheel-like

Type of: alter, ammo, ammunition, applause, articulate, call, change, clapping, course, criticise [Brit], criticize, crosspiece, cut of beef, division, enounce, enunciate, form, gain, go, golf, golf game, habitude, hand clapping, helping, hone, interval, itinerary, knock, locomote, modify, move, part, partsong, path, perfect, pick apart, portion, pronounce, put on, rotating mechanism, route, say, section, serving, shape, sound out, time interval, track, travel

Antonym: square

Part of: feeding chair, folding chair, highchair, period of play, play, playing period, rocker, rocking chair, side chair, straight chair

Encyclopedia: Round