1.  round(n = noun.artifact) one shot, unit of ammunition - a charge of ammunition for a single shot;
is a kind of ammo, ammunition

2.  round(n = noun.time) cycle, rhythm - an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons"
is a kind of interval, time interval
has parts: phase, phase angle

3.  round(n = noun.location) beat - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
is a kind of itinerary, path, route

4.  round(n = noun.act) - (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"
is a kind of call

5.  round(n = noun.act) round of golf - the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"
is a kind of golf, golf game

6.  round(n = noun.act) daily round - the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"
is a kind of habitude

7.  round(n = noun.time) bout, turn - (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive;
is a kind of division, part, section
is a part of period of play, play, playing period
has particulars: top, top of the inning, bottom, bottom of the inning

8.  round(n = noun.object) - the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
is a kind of course, path, track

9.  round(n = noun.food) round of drinks - a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round"
is a kind of helping, portion, serving

10.  round(n = noun.food) - a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg;
is a kind of cut of beef
has parts: round steak

11.  round(n = noun.communication) 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"
is a kind of partsong

12.  round(n = noun.communication) - an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
is a kind of applause, clapping, hand clapping

13.  round(n = noun.artifact) rung, stave - a crosspiece between the legs of a chair;
is a kind of crosspiece
is a part of folding chair, feeding chair, highchair, rocker, rocking chair, side chair, straight chair

14.  round(n = noun.artifact) circle - any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
is a kind of rotating mechanism
has particulars: disc, disk
Derived form verb round₁

1.  round(a = adj.all) circular - having a circular shape;
Antonym: square
Derived form noun roundness₃

2.  round(s = adj.all) orotund, pear-shaped, rotund - (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
Derived form noun roundness₁

3.  round(s = adj.all) - (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers"
Derived form noun roundness₂

1.  round(v = verb.motion) - wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun round₁₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

2.  round(v = verb.change) round off, round out - make round; "round the edges"
is one way to form, shape
Derived form noun rounder₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  round(v = verb.communication) labialise, labialize - pronounce with rounded lips;
is one way to articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  round(v = verb.communication) assail, assault, attack, lash out, snipe - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

5.  round(v = verb.change) brush up, polish, polish up, round off - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
is one way to hone, perfect
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

6.  round(v = verb.change) round down, round off, round out - express as a round number; "round off the amount"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

7.  round(v = verb.body) fill out, flesh out - become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
is one way to gain, put on
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

   round(r = adv.all) around - from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"

   To whisper. Shak. Holland. [1913 Webster]
"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?”" [1913 Webster]

1.  Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Upon the firm opacous globe
Of this round world." [1913 Webster]

2.  Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round. [1913 Webster]

3.  Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. Shak. [1913 Webster]

4.  Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. [1913 Webster]
"Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction." [1913 Webster]

5.  Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. [1913 Webster]
"Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum." [1913 Webster]
"Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon." [1913 Webster]

6.  Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note. [1913 Webster]

7.  Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]

8.  Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
"Sir Toby, I must be round with you." [1913 Webster]

9.  Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [1913 Webster]
"In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant." [1913 Webster]

10.  Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. [1913 Webster]
"Round dealing is the honor of man's nature." [1913 Webster]

1.  Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. “The golden round” [the crown]. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled." [1913 Webster]

2.  A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures. [1913 Webster]

3.  A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman. [1913 Webster]

4.  A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. [1913 Webster]
"the trivial round, the common task." [1913 Webster]

5.  One work cycle, consisting of drilling blast holes, loading them with explosive, blasting, mucking out, and, if necessary, installing temporary support. [RH]
" . . . Inco is still much more advanced than other mining companies. He says that the LKAB mine in Sweden is the closest rival. He predicts that, by 2008, Inco can reach a new productivity plateau, doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350 tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. Another aim is to triple the mine cycle rate (the time to drill, blast and muck a round) from one cycle to three complete cycles per 24 hours." [PJC]

6.  A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. [1913 Webster]
"Women to cards may be compared: we play
A round or two; which used, we throw away." [1913 Webster]
"The feast was served; the bowl was crowned;
To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round." [1913 Webster]

7.  A complete set of plays in a game or contest covering a standard number of individual plays or parts; as, a round of golf; a round of tennis. [PJC]

8.  One set of games in a tournament. [PJC]

9.  The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout. [1913 Webster]

10.  A circular dance. [1913 Webster]
"Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
In a light fantastic round." [1913 Webster]

11.  That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause. [1913 Webster]

12.  Rotation, as in office; succession. Holyday. [1913 Webster]

13.  The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair. [1913 Webster]
"All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise." [1913 Webster]

14.  A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]

15.  A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison. [1913 Webster]

16.  A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. [1913 Webster]

17.  A vessel filled, as for drinking; as, to drink a round od ale together. [1913 Webster]

18.  An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians. Addison. [1913 Webster]

19.  See Roundtop. [1913 Webster]

20.  Same as Round of beef, below. [1913 Webster]
"Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers do what they can." [1913 Webster]

1.  On all sides; around. [1913 Webster]
"Round he throws his baleful eyes." [1913 Webster]

2.  Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round. [1913 Webster]

3.  In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round. [1913 Webster]

4.  From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions. [1913 Webster]

5.  By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point. [1913 Webster]

6.  Through a circle, as of friends or houses. [1913 Webster]
"The invitations were sent round accordingly." [1913 Webster]

7.  Roundly; fully; vigorously. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

   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. [1913 Webster]
"The serpent Error twines round human hearts." [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
"Worms with many feet, which round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber." [1913 Webster]
"The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very great perfection." [1913 Webster]

2.  To surround; to encircle; to encompass. [1913 Webster]
"The inclusive verge
Of golden metal that must round my brow." [1913 Webster]

3.  To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion. [1913 Webster]
"We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep." [1913 Webster]

4.  To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn. [1913 Webster]

5.  To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. Swift. [1913 Webster]

1.  To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. [1913 Webster]
"The queen your mother rounds apace." [1913 Webster]
"So rounds he to a separate mind,
From whence clear memory may begin." [1913 Webster]

2.  To go round, as a guard. [1913 Webster]
"They . . . nightly rounding walk." [1913 Webster]

3.  To go or turn round; to wheel about. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

round, adj., n., adv., prep., & v.
--adj.
1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a convex or circular outline or surface; curved, not angular.
2 done with or involving circular motion.
3 a entire, continuous, complete (a round dozen); fully expressed or developed; all together, not broken or defective or scanty. b (of a sum of money) considerable.
4 genuine, candid, outspoken; (of a statement etc.) categorical, unmistakable.
5 (usu. attrib.) (of a number) expressed for convenience or as an estimate in fewer significant numerals or with a fraction removed (spent {pound}297.32, or in round figures {pound}300).
6 a (of a style) flowing. b (of a voice) not harsh.
7 Phonet. (of a vowel) pronounced with rounded lips.
--n.
1 a round object or form.
2 a a revolving motion, a circular or recurring course (the earth in its yearly round). b a regular recurring series of activities or functions (one's daily round; a continuous round of pleasure). c a recurring succession or series of meetings for discussion etc. (a new round of talks on disarmament).
3 a a fixed route on which things are regularly delivered (milk round). b a route or sequence by which people or things are regularly supervised or inspected (a watchman's round; a doctor's rounds).
4 an allowance of something distributed or measured out, esp.: a a single provision of drinks etc. to each member of a group. b ammunition to fire one shot; the act of firing this.
5 a a slice across a loaf of bread. b a sandwich made from whole slices of bread. c a thick disc of beef cut from the haunch as a joint.
6 each of a set or series, a sequence of actions by each member of a group in turn, esp. a one spell of play in a game etc. b one stage in a competition.
7 Golf the playing of all the holes in a course once.
8 Archery a fixed number of arrows shot from a fixed distance.
9 (the round) a form of sculpture in which the figure stands clear of any ground (cf. RELIEF 6a).
10 Mus. a canon for three or more unaccompanied voices singing at the same pitch or in octaves.
11 (in pl.) Mil. a a watch that goes round inspecting sentries. b a circuit made by this.
12 a rung of a ladder.
13 (foll. by of) the circumference, bounds, or extent of (in all the round of Nature).
--adv.
1 with circular motion (wheels go round).
2 with return to the starting-point or an earlier state (summer soon comes round).
3 a with rotation, or change to an opposite position (he turned round to look). b with change to an opposite opinion etc. (they were angry but I soon won them round).
4 to, at, or affecting all or many points of a circumference or an area or the members of a company etc. (tea was then handed round; may I look round?).
5 in every direction from a centre or within a radius (spread destruction round; everyone for a mile round).
6 by a circuitous way (will you jump over or go round?; go a long way round).
7 a to a person's house etc. (ask him round; will be round soon). b to a more prominent or convenient position (brought the car round).
8 measuring a (specified distance) in girth.
--prep.
1 so as to encircle or enclose (tour round the world; has a blanket round him).
2 at or to points on the circumference of (sat round the table).
3 with successive visits to (hawks them round the caf{eacute}s).
4 in various directions from or with regard to (towns round Birmingham; shells bursting round them).
5 having as an axis of revolution or as a central point (turns round its centre of gravity; write a book round an event).
6 a so as to double or pass in a curved course (go round the corner). b having passed in this way (be round the corner). c in the position that would result from this (find them round the corner).
7 so as to come close from various sides but not into contact.
--v.
1 a tr. give a round shape to. b intr. assume a round shape.
2 tr. double or pass round (a corner, cape, etc.).
3 tr. express (a number) in a less exact but more convenient form (also foll. by down when the number is decreased and up when it is increased).
4 tr. pronounce (a vowel) with rounded lips.

Idiom:
go the round (or rounds) (of news etc.) be passed on from person to person. in the round
1 with all features shown; all things considered.
2 Theatr. with the audience round at least three sides of the stage.
3 (of sculpture) with all sides shown; not in relief. make the round of go round. make (or go) one's rounds take a customary route for inspection etc. round about 1 in a ring (about); all round; on all sides (of).
2 with a change to an opposite position.
3 approximately (cost round about {pound}50). round and round several times round. round-arm Cricket (of bowling) with the arm swung horizontally. round the bend see BEND(1). round brackets brackets of the form ().
round dance
1 a dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom.
2 a dance in which the dancers form one large circle. round down see sense 3 of v.
round off (or out)
1 bring to a complete or symmetrical or well-ordered state.
2 smooth out; blunt the corners or angles of. round on a person make a sudden verbal attack on or unexpected retort to a person. round out = round off 1. round peg in a square hole = square peg in a round hole (see PEG).
round robin
1 a petition esp. with signatures written in a circle to conceal the order of writing.
2 US a tournament in which each competitor plays in turn against every other. round-shouldered with shoulders bent forward so that the back is rounded.
Round Table (in allusion to that at which King Arthur and his knights sat so that none should have precedence)
1 an international charitable association which holds discussions, debates, etc., and undertakes community service.
2 (round table) an assembly for discussion, esp. at a conference (often attrib.: round-table talks). round trip a trip to one or more places and back again (esp. by a circular route). round the twist see TWIST. round up collect or bring together, esp. by going round (see also sense 3 of v.).
round-up n.
1 a systematic rounding up of people or things.
2 a summary; a r{eacute}sum{eacute} of facts or events.

Derivative:
roundish adj. roundness n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF ro(u)nd- stem of ro(o)nt, reont f. L rotundus ROTUND

N  business, occupation, employment, pursuit, what one is doing, what one is about, affair, concern, matter, case, matter in hand, irons in the fire, thing to do, agendum, task, work, job, chore, errand, commission, mission, charge, care, duty, part, role, cue, province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line, walk, walk of life, beat, round, routine, race, career, office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living, situation, berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking, vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty, industry, art, industrial arts, craft, mystery, handicraft, trade, exercise, work, avocation, press of business, businesslike, workaday, professional, official, functional, busy, on hand, in hand, in one's hands, afoot, on foot, on the anvil, going on, acting, in the course of business, all in one's day's work, professionally Adj, a business with an income at its heels, amoto quaeramus seria ludo, par negotiis neque supra.

N  continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.

N  contention, strife, contest, contestation, struggle, belligerency, opposition, controversy, polemics, debate, war of words, logomachy, litigation, paper war, high words, sparring, competition, rivalry, corrivalry, corrivalship, agonism, concours, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap, regatta, field day, sham fight, Derby day, turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids, wrestling, greco-roman wrestling, pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense, spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting, quarterstaff, single stick, gladiatorship, gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo, athletics, athletic sports, games of skill, shindy, fracas, clash of arms, tussle, scuffle, broil, fray, affray, affrayment, velitation, colluctation, luctation, brabble, brigue, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash, bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict, skirmish, rencounter, encounter, rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight, battle, battle royal, combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament, tilt, tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement, naumachia, sea fight, duel, duello, single combat, monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting, digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms, pugnacity, combativeness, bone of contention, contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads, at war, at issue, competitive, rival, belligerent, contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike, quarrelsome, pugnacious, pugilistic, gladiatorial, palestric, palestrical, a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, a very pretty quarrel as it stands, commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat.

N  regularity of recurrence, periodicity, intermittence, beat, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, rhythm, alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity, bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say, anniversary, jubilee, centenary, catamenia, courses, menses, menstrual flux, rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine, days of the week, Sunday, Monday, months of the year, January, feast, fast, Christmas, Easter, New Year's day, Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day, All Souls', All Souls' Day, Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day, yearbook, yuletide, punctuality, regularity, steadiness, periodic, periodical, serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical, recurring, intermittent, remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily, quotidian, tertian, weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary, biweekly, fortnightly, bimonthly, catamenial, monthly, menstrual, yearly, annual, biennial, triennial, centennial, secular, paschal, lenten, regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork, periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods, punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.

N  support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

VB  be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.

VB  make round, round, go round, encircle, describe a circle.

N  circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.

VB  render spherical, form into a sphere, sphere, roll into a ball, give rotundity, round.

N  rotundity, roundness, cylindricity, sphericity, spheroidity, globosity, cylinder, cylindroid, cylindrical, barrel, drum, roll, roller, rouleau, column, rolling-pin, rundle, cone, conoid, pear shape, egg shape, bell shape, sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder, spheroid, ellipsoid, oblong spheroid, oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid, drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn, knot (convolution), curved surface, hypersphere, hyperdimensional surface, rotund, round, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, columnar, lumbriciform, conic, conical, spherical, spheroidal, globular, globated, globous, globose, egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped, ovoid, oviform, gibbous, rixiform, campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform, fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous, tres atque rotundus, round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.

N  music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.

N  affirmance, affirmation, statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, word, averment, confirmation, asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit, deposition, avouchment, assurance, protest, protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge, pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit, emphasis, weight, dogmatism, dogmatics, asserting, declaratory, predicatory, pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant, positive, certain, express, explicit, absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory, unretracted, predicable, affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth, egad, I assure you, by jingo, by Jove, by George, troth, seriously, sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured, yes, I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath, in fact, forsooth, joking apart, so help me God, not to mince the matter, quoth he, dixi.

all round, ask round, bottom round, bring round, circle round, come round, daily round, king arthur's round table, knight of the round table, paper round, pull round, quarter round, rally round, round about, round and round, round angle, round arch, round bone, round clam, round dance, round dancing, round down, round file, round hand, round kumquat, round ligament of the uterus, round of drinks, round of golf, round off, round out, round robin, round scad, round shape, round shot, round steak, round table, round the bend, round the clock, round top, round trip, round up, round whitefish, round window, theater in the round, top round, wear round