English dictionary: words starting with rou - page 3

Meanings of Round-robin:

noun

A competition in which everyone competes at least once against each other competitor

Usage examples:

A round-robin tennis tournament

Meanings of Round-up:

idiom

Seek out and bring together

phrasal verb

Drive or collect a number of people or animals together for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

In the afternoon the cows are rounded up for milking

Meanings of Roundabout:

noun

A road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it.

Usage examples:

Turn right at the next roundabout

adjective

Not following a short direct route; circuitous.

Usage examples:

We need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit

Meanings of Roundaboutly:

adverb

In a roundabout or indirect way.

Meanings of Roundaboutness:

noun

The quality of being roundabout or indirect; especially circuitousness or indirectness of speech or expression; circumlocution.

Meanings of Rounded:

adjective

Having a smooth, curved surface.

Usage examples:

Rounded grey hills

verb

Pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction.

Usage examples:

The ship rounded the cape and sailed north

Meanings of Roundedness:

noun

The quality or state of being rounded.

Meanings of Roundel:

noun

A small disc, especially a decorative medallion.

Usage examples:

Antarctic veteran bill storer presents the roundel of auster a11-201 to the director of the raaf mu…

Meanings of Roundelay:

noun

A short, simple song with a refrain.

Usage examples:

I've passed girls singing choral roundelays on holyrood road.

Meanings of Roundelays:

noun

A short, simple song with a refrain.

Usage examples:

I've passed girls singing choral roundelays on holyrood road.

Meanings of Roundels:

noun

A small disc, especially a decorative medallion.

Usage examples:

Antarctic veteran bill storer presents the roundel of auster a11-201 to the director of the raaf mu…

Meanings of Rounder:

noun

(in rounders) a complete run of a player through all the bases as a unit of scoring.

adjective

Shaped like a circle or cylinder.

Usage examples:

She was seated at a small, round table

Meanings of Rounders:

noun

(in rounders) a complete run of a player through all the bases as a unit of scoring.

plural noun

A ball game played (chiefly in british schools) with a cylindrical wooden bat, in which players run round a circuit of bases after hitting the ball.

Usage examples:

The children will play a variety of sports including hockey, basketball, rounders, olympic handball…

Meanings of Roundest:

adjective

Shaped like a circle or cylinder.

Usage examples:

She was seated at a small, round table

noun

A circular piece of something.

Usage examples:

Cut the pastry into rounds

adverb

So as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.

Usage examples:

A plane circled round overhead

preposition

On every side of (a focal point)

Usage examples:

The area round the school

verb

Pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction.

Usage examples:

The ship rounded the cape and sailed north

Meanings of Roundfish:

noun

A fish of a rounded or cylindrical cross-section. contrasted with "flatfish".

Meanings of Roundhead:

noun

A member or supporter of the parliamentary party in the english civil war.

Usage examples:

Religion and geopolitics gave the nation a context, an idea that the rebels' vigilance matched that…

Meanings of Roundheel:

noun

A woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

Meanings of Roundhouse:

noun

A railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable.

Usage examples:

The complex included a roundhouse built in 1924, and a massive back shop, constructed in 1905, alon…

Meanings of Roundhouses:

noun

A railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable.

Usage examples:

The complex included a roundhouse built in 1924, and a massive back shop, constructed in 1905, alon…

Meanings of Rounding:

verb

Pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction.

Usage examples:

The ship rounded the cape and sailed north

adjective

Shaped like a circle or cylinder.

Usage examples:

She was seated at a small, round table

noun

A circular piece of something.

Usage examples:

Cut the pastry into rounds

adverb

So as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.

Usage examples:

A plane circled round overhead

preposition

On every side of (a focal point)

Usage examples:

The area round the school

Meanings of Roundishness:

noun

The state or quality of being roundish.

Meanings of Roundlet:

noun

A small round or circular object; a round or circular piece of something; something formed into a small circle or ring.

Meanings of Roundlets:

noun

A small round or circular object; a round or circular piece of something; something formed into a small circle or ring.

Meanings of Roundly:

adverb

In a vehement or emphatic manner.

Usage examples:

The latest attacks have been roundly condemned by campaigners for peace

Meanings of Roundnose:

adjective

(of a tool) having the end rounded, so as to produce a rounded cut or surface or to prevent accidents or damage.

Usage examples:

Using the felt-tip pen, mark the round-nose pliers 1/4 inch down from the tip.

noun

A bullet with a rounded front end.

Usage examples:

An early browning or your customer's cherished world war ii walther p-38 that might jam on any othe…