LookItUpround
Meaning in simple English
US /raʊnd/
round means: Shaped like a circle or ball, or having a curved outline.
adjective
CURVED SHAPEA1
Shaped like a circle or ball, or having a curved outline.
- She has a round face.
- We chose a table with round corners.
- The children drew round shapes on the paper.
CIRCULAR SHAPEA1
Having the shape of a circle, either flat or when seen from one end.
- The plate is round.
- They drilled a round hole in the wall.
- These round pipes come in several sizes.
BALL SHAPEA1
Shaped like a ball, with a curved surface on every side.
- The Earth is round.
- He rolled a round stone down the hill.
- She bought a necklace with round wooden beads.
noun
CIRCULAR PIECEB2
An object or piece of something shaped like a circle or ball.
- Cut the dough into rounds.
- She topped each round of bread with cheese.
- Arrange the pastry rounds on a baking tray.
BEEF CUTC1
Meat from the upper part of a cow’s back leg.
- Round is a lean cut of beef.
- The butcher recommended a round roast.
- Cook round steak slowly to keep it tender.
preposition
ON ALL SIDESA2
On every side of something that is in the middle.
- We sat round the fire.
- She put a scarf round her neck.
- A high fence runs round the garden.
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONA2
Towards the opposite direction, so that you face or look behind you.
- Please turn round.
- She looked round when she heard her name.
- He spun round to face the door.
verb
SIMPLIFY NUMBERB1
To change a number to a nearby, simpler number with fewer figures.
- Round this number to ten.
- She rounded the price down to five euros.
- We rounded all the figures to two decimal places.
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