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RoundRound 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 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]
RoundRound 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 RoundRound 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.]
Meaning of Round from wikipedia
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