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Adjective round has 3 senses

round, circular - having a circular shape
Antonyms: square, quadrate, right-angled, squared, squarish
orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped - (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
Antonym: thin (indirect, via full)
round - (of numbers) to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers"
Antonym: exact (indirect, via inexact)

Adverbial round has 1 sense

round, around - from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"

Noun round has 14 senses

round, unit of ammunition, one shot - a charge of ammunition for a single shot
--₁ is a kind of ammunition, ammo
cycle, rhythm, round - an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons"
--₂ is a kind of time interval, interval
--₂ has parts: phase, phase angle
beat, round - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
--₃ is a kind of path, route, itinerary
round - (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"
--₄ is a kind of call
round of golf, round - the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"
--₅ is a kind of golf, golf game
round, daily round - the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"
--₆ is a kind of habitude
turn, bout, round - (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
--₇ is a kind of playing period, period of play, play
--₇ has particulars: top, top of the inning; bottom, bottom of the inning
round - the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
--₈ is a kind of path, track, course
round, round of drinks - a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round"
--₉ is a kind of helping, portion, serving
round - a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
--₁₀ is a kind of cut of beef
--₁₀ has part: round steak
round, troll - 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"
--₁₁ is a kind of partsong
round - an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
--₁₂ is a kind of applause, hand clapping, clapping
rung, round, stave - a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
--₁₃ is a kind of crosspiece
--₁₃ is a part of
straight chair, side chair; rocking chair, rocker; highchair, feeding chair; folding chair
circle, round - any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
--₁₄ is a kind of rotating mechanism
--₁₄ has particulars: disk, disc
Derived form: verb round₁

Verb round has 8 senses

round - wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun round₁₄
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
round, round out, round off - make round; "round the edges"
--₂ is one way to shape, form

Derived form: noun rounder₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring - be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
--₃ is one way to hold, bear, carry, contain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
round, labialize, labialise - pronounce with rounded lips
--₄ is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
--₅ is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
--₆ is one way to perfect, hone
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
round off, round down, round out, round - express as a round number; "round off the amount"
--₇ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
round, flesh out, fill out - become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
--₈ is one way to gain, put on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s