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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
  • Complete, whole, not lacking.
  • Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
  • linguistics Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O".
  • Plump
  • topic=mathematics of a rounded off or approximated.
  • rfv-sense geometry Of an angle, measuring 360 degrees.
  • Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

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Adverb:

  • Alternative form of around.

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Noun:

  • A circular object.
  • A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.
  • A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Cf. round shot and solid shot.
  • An general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  • art A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  • A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  • A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  • A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  • A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
  • engineering|drafting|CAD A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
  • sport In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
  • sports A stage in a competition.
  • sports One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.

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Preposition:

  • _|in US Alternative form of around.

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Verb:

  • archaic To whisper.
  • baseball To advance to home plate.
  • with "out" To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  • To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  • To shape something into a curve.
  • To turn and attack someone or thing.
  • To turn past a boundary.

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