See Also: top round(dictionary)
all round(dictionary)
Second round(finance)
Round lot(finance)
Down round(finance)
Second round(money)
Round Lot(money)
Down round(money)
round(2)(dictionary)
round(1)(dictionary)

round(3) (iou)



round noun1. ME.
[from the adjective.]
I.
A spherical object; a planet. rare. ME.
T. S. Eliot In the hollow round of my skull.
b. fig. The vault of the sky, heaven. L16.
Sir W. Scott The wild birds carol to the round.
A circular or cylindrical object. ME.
R. L. Stevenson Close to his hand..was a little round of paper.
spec.
a. A rung of a ladder. LME.
b. A large cylindrical cut of beef, usu. from the haunch. M17.
c. Brewing. A large cask used in the final process of fermentation. E19.
d. A slice across a loaf of bread; a sandwich made from whole slices of bread. M19.
e. A crossbar connecting the legs of a chair etc. L19.
a. A piece of sculpture modelled clear of any ground. M-L17.
b. Architecture. A rounded moulding. L17.
c. A plane with a convex bottom and iron, for working hollows or grooves. M19.
the round:
a. A form of sculpture in which the figure stands clear of any ground and can be seen from all aspects (cf. RELIEF noun2 1). Chiefly in in the round below. E19.
b. The natural unsquared form of timber. E19.
II.
A circle, a ring, a coil. ME.
Shakespeare Macbeth What..wears upon his baby brow the round And top of sovereignty?
b. A single turn of yarn etc. as wound on a reel. M18.
The circumference, bounds, or extent of a circular object. LME.
Tennyson The dark round of the dripping wheel.
A natural feature or man-made structure with a circular form. E16.
b. A curve or bend in a river etc. E17.
A circular group or arrangement of people or things. L16.
III.
a. Military. A watch that makes a regular inspection of sentries or that patrols a town etc.; a circuit made by such a watch. LME.
b. Any customary circuit or route followed for the inspection or supervision of people or things; spec. (a) a visit by a doctor to each of the patients in a ward or to those patients unable to visit a surgery etc.; (b) a fixed route on which things are regularly delivered (usu. with specifying word). E17.
milk round, paper-round.
Dylan Thomas Ocky Milkman on his round. P. Roazen On rounds he remembered which patient was suffering most.
c. A recreational walk or drive round a place or places, a tour. arch. E17.
d. The circuit of a place etc. Now only with of. E17.
e. Golf. A spell of play in which the player plays all the holes in the course once. L18.
f. Nautical. In pl. Inspection. E20.
A swinging stroke or thrust with a sword. L15-E17.
A ring dance. E16.
A revolving motion, a circular or recurring course. E17.
Shelley The earth in its dismal round.
a. A regularly recurring series of or of events, activities, etc.; (now poet.) a recurring or revolving course of time. M17.
M. Spark Nurses..on their daily round of washing..and prettifying the patients. People The social round..was fabulously costly in clothes.
b. spec. A recurring succession or series of or of meetings for discussion or negotiation; a stage in such a series. M20.
Economist Two months into the current wage round. EuroBusiness A round of negotiations..scheduled to last for four years.
IV.
Music.
a. A type of song sung by two or more people, each taking up the strain in turn. E16-L17.
b. A short unaccompanied canon in which three or more voices singing at the same pitch or in octaves enter in turn. M18.
A single provision of drinks to each member of a group. M17.
Argosy Dennim paid for another round of drinks. J. Porter The local chap..proved..willing to stand his round.
A single shot or discharge from a firearm or piece of artillery; a single charge of ammunition to fire one shot. E18.
a. A single turn of play by all the players in a card-game. M18.
b. A single stroke in succession from each bell of a set or peal. E19.
c. A single bout in a boxing- or wrestling-match. E19.
d. Archery. A fixed number of arrows shot from a fixed distance. L19.
e. A stage in a sporting competition. Freq. with specifying word. E20.
TV Times The..British clubs..drew Belgian opposition in the second round of the UEFA Cup.
A single distinct outburst of applause. L18.
Phrases: go one's rounds take one's customary route for delivery, inspection, etc. go the round, (now usu.) go the rounds (of news etc.) be passed on from person to person. in the round (a) (of sculpture) with all sides shown, not in relief; (b) Theatrical with the audience round at least three sides of the stage; esp. in theatre-in-the-round s.v. THEATRE noun; (c) fig. with all features shown; all things considered. make one's rounds = go one's rounds above. make the round of go to each in turn, go round. make the rounds = go the rounds above. out-of-round noun & adjective (a) noun the extent to which an object departs from being circular in cross-section; (b) adjective (of an object) not perfectly circular. this earthly round poet. the earth.