English words starting with round

Meanings of Round:

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 Round the bend:

idiom

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

phrase

Mad.

Usage examples:

It's time for some changes before we all go round the bend

Meanings of Round the clock:

idiom

Without stopping

phrase

All day and all night.

Usage examples:

I've got a team working round the clock

Meanings of Round-about:

idiom

Approximately

Usage examples:

We'll be at your house at round about nine o'clock, okay?

Meanings of Round-of-applause:

idiom

A period of time during which people are clapping

Usage examples:

The singer got a big round of applause.

Meanings of Round-off:

idiom

Make round

phrasal verb

Make the edges or corners of something smooth.

Usage examples:

Round off the spars with a soft plastic fitting

Meanings of Round-on:

phrasal verb

To suddenly turn and attack someone or something

Usage examples:

The fox rounded on its pursuers., the mayor rounded on his critics with a very forceful speech.

Meanings of Round-on-someone:

phrasal verb

To suddenly turn and attack someone or something

Usage examples:

The fox rounded on its pursuers., the mayor rounded on his critics with a very forceful speech.

Meanings of Round-peg-in-a-square-hole:

idiom

A person whose character makes them unsuitable for the job or other position they are in

Usage examples:

He never quite fitted in when he was working here - he was always a bit of a square peg.

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…