rounded
verb
- 1
To shape something into a curve.
“The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.”
- 2
To become shaped into a curve.
- 3
(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
“She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.”
- 4
To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
“Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.”
- 5
To turn past a boundary.
“Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.”
- 6
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.”
- 7
To advance to home plate.
“And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.”
- 8
To go round, pass, go past.
- 9
To encircle; to encompass.
- 10
To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- 11
To do ward rounds.
- 12
To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
- 13
To go or turn round; to wheel about.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
- 2
To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
adjective
- 1
Made into a circle or sphere.
- 2
Complete or balanced.
- 3
Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
- 4
Ending in a broad arch.
- 5
(of a vowel etc.) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
“The sound /u/ is a rounded vowel.”
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