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Dictionary definition: round(1)
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Webster's NewWorld Dictionary
01-01-1988
round(1) (round) adj.
1. shaped like a ball; spherical; globular
2. a)shaped like a circle, ring, or disk; circular b)shaped like a cylinder (in having a circular cross section); cylindrical
3. curved in shape like part of a sphere or circle
4. not angular; plump or stout
5. involving, or done in or with, a circular motion {a round dance}
6. a)not lacking part; full; complete {a round dozen} b)completed; perfected
7. completed by progressing through a course which, as if circular, returns to the starting point {a round trip}
8. constituting, or expressed by, a whole number, or integer; not fractional
9. expressed in units divisible by ten, one ...