English dictionary: words starting with rou - page 4

Meanings of Rounds:

noun

A circular piece of something.

Usage examples:

Cut the pastry into rounds

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

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

plural noun

A work activity that regularly involves going to several different places

Usage examples:

Doctors made their daily rounds, visiting patients in the hospital.

Meanings of Roundsman:

noun

A trader's employee who goes round delivering and taking orders.

Usage examples:

A milk roundsman

Meanings of Roundtable:

noun

The table at which king arthur and his knights sat so that none should have precedence.

Meanings of Roundtail:

noun

A surfboard, snowboard, etc., with a rounded tail; the tail of such a board.

Meanings of Roundup:

noun

A systematic gathering together of people or things.

Usage examples:

Each spring, there was a mass round-up of cattle

Meanings of Roundups:

noun

A systematic gathering together of people or things.

Usage examples:

Each spring, there was a mass round-up of cattle

Meanings of Roundure:

noun

Roundness; rounded form or space. formerly also as a count noun: †a round form, space, or object (obsolete).

Meanings of Roundwise:

adverb

In a circular form, disposition, or arrangement; circularly.

adjective

Round in shape; circular; that runs circularly around or though something. rare before 20th century.

Meanings of Roundwood:

noun

Timber which is left as small logs, not sawn into planks or chopped for fuel, typically taken from near the tops of trees and used for furniture.

Usage examples:

The timber, called roundwood, is from the upper part of trees which is pulped to make paper or turn…

Meanings of Roundworm:

noun

A nematode worm, especially a parasitic one found in the intestines of mammals.

Usage examples:

Before the ontario ministry of health decided that raw fish must be frozen before it can be served,…

Meanings of Roundworms:

noun

A nematode worm, especially a parasitic one found in the intestines of mammals.

Usage examples:

Before the ontario ministry of health decided that raw fish must be frozen before it can be served,…

Meanings of Roundy:

adjective

Rounded; of a round shape.

Meanings of Roup:

noun

An auction.

verb

Sell (something) by auction.

Usage examples:

His effects were rouped

Meanings of Rouped:

verb

Sell (something) by auction.

Usage examples:

His effects were rouped

noun

An auction.

Meanings of Rouper:

noun

A person whose belongings are sold at a roup. also occasionally: an auctioneer.

Meanings of Roupily:

adverb

As though affected with roup; hoarsely, huskily.

Meanings of Rouping:

verb

Sell (something) by auction.

Usage examples:

His effects were rouped

noun

An auction.

Meanings of Roups:

noun

An auction.

verb

Sell (something) by auction.

Usage examples:

His effects were rouped

Meanings of Rouse:

verb

Cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

She was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder

Meanings of Rouseabout:

noun

An unskilled labourer or odd jobber on a farm, especially in a shearing shed.

Usage examples:

They were local youth without permanent employment, who rotate from local casual jobs, rouseabouts,…

Meanings of Roused:

verb

Cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

She was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder

Meanings of Rousement:

noun

A rousing up of religious excitement (usually in plural); (in extended use) excitement, enthusiasm; a stirring speech.

Meanings of Rouser:

noun

A person who excites others to anger, hate, or violence

Meanings of Rousers:

noun

A person who excites others to anger, hate, or violence

Meanings of Rouses:

verb

Cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

She was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder