Rotund - English meaning

adjective

(of a woman) plump, with a full figure and large breasts.

Usage examples:

A buxom blonde

adjective

(of song or speech) melodious or resonant.

adjective

Plump and rounded.

Usage examples:

A pretty child with chubby cheeks

adjective

(esp. of children) rounded in a pleasant and attractive way

Usage examples:

The perfect baby has, we are told, chubby little fingers and toes, chubby legs, and chubby cheeks.

adjective

Bulky and thick.

Usage examples:

A chunky bracelet

adjective

Made of thick or lumpy pieces

Usage examples:

She wears chunky earrings and rings and a baggy sweater., i love chunky peanut butter!, she’s a chu…

adjective

Extending far down from the top or surface.

Usage examples:

A deep gorge

noun

The sea.

Usage examples:

Denizens of the deep

adverb

The part of the field distant from the batsman.

adjective

(of a person) short and stout.

Usage examples:

The dress made her look dumpy

adjective

(of a place) dirty and run-down.

Usage examples:

A dumpy one-room apartment

adjective

Short and fat

Usage examples:

Does this dress make me look dumpy?

adjective

Relating to or resembling shakespeare's character sir john falstaff in being fat, jolly, and debauched.

Usage examples:

A falstaffian gusto for life

noun

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

Usage examples:

Whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat

adjective

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.

Usage examples:

The driver was a fat wheezing man

verb

Make or become fat.

Usage examples:

Numbers of black cattle are fatted here

adjective

Having a lot of flavor

Usage examples:

These dark beans make a full-bodied cup of coffee .

adjective

Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.

Usage examples:

A grandiloquent celebration of spanish glory

adjective

A grandiloquent style or way of using language is complicated in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important

Usage examples:

Her speech was full of grandiloquent language, but it contained no new ideas.

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Using high-flown or bombastic language.

Usage examples:

I had no idea ‘if you will ‘was supposed to be a magniloquent term in the 2000s, according to flemi…

adjective

A magniloquent style or way of using language is complicated, especially in order to make someone or something seem intelligent or important.

Usage examples:

The reporters ridiculed her magniloquent speeches., good writing is never very good if it is magnil…

adjective

A magniloquent style or way of using language is complicated, especially in order to make someone or something seem intelligent or important.

Usage examples:

The reporters ridiculed her magniloquent speeches., good writing is never very good if it is magnil…

adjective

(especially of a sound, flavour, or colour) pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.

Usage examples:

She was hypnotized by the mellow tone of his voice

verb

Make or become mellow.

Usage examples:

Even a warm sun could not mellow the north sea breeze

adjective

Pleasing because of being smooth, soft, or well developed and not too sharp, bright, new, or rough

Usage examples:

A mellow flavor/tone, he looks mellow on stage, but he’s always tense before the show., [ i ] the b…

preposition

Expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.

Usage examples:

The sleeve of his coat

prefix

Variant spelling of ob- assimilated before f (as in offend ).

preposition

Used to show possession, belonging, or origin

Usage examples:

She is a friend of mine., the color of his tie matches his suit., have you read the novels of john …

adjective

(of a person's voice) resonant and imposing.

Usage examples:

Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheer…

adjective

Above a weight considered normal or desirable.

Usage examples:

She was a stone overweight

noun

Excessive or extra weight.

Usage examples:

Surgical procedures for overweight

verb

Put too much weight on; overload.

Usage examples:

Try not to overweight the boxes

adjective

Having a large or protruding belly.

Usage examples:

A slightly paunchy, balding, middle-aged man

adjective

(especially of a man) having a fat stomach

Usage examples:

He is tall and a bit paunchy., she encourages even slightly paunchy patients to lose weight.

adjective

Shaped like a pear

Usage examples:

A pear-shaped physique

adjective

Having a full rounded shape.

Usage examples:

The berries were plump and sweet

verb

Shake or pat (a cushion or pillow) to adjust its stuffing and make it rounded and soft.

Usage examples:

She plumped up her pillows

noun

An abrupt plunge; a heavy fall.

Usage examples:

The wagon came into a deep hole, with such a plump

adjective

Having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man).

Usage examples:

A portly little man with a bowler hat

Fairly fat

adjective

Slightly fat

Usage examples:

A tall portly man

adjective

(of sound) deep, clear, and continuing to sound or reverberate.

Usage examples:

A full-throated and resonant guffaw

adjective

Characterized by reverberation.

Usage examples:

The reverberant acoustics of a cathedral

adjective

Having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy.

Usage examples:

A rich and famous family

adjective

Having a lot of money or valuable possessions; wealthy

Usage examples:

A rich man, the united states is one of the world’s richest nations., a rich brocade jacket, the co…

adjective

Having a lot of money or valuable possessions

Usage examples:

He's the third richest man in britain., all of the world's richest nations were invited to attend t…

adjective

(of a person) short and round

Usage examples:

He was a roly-poly little man., jam roly-poly, the roly-poly is related to the crayfish and shrimp …

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

adjective

(of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.

Usage examples:

He read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice

adjective

Having a deep, pleasant sound

Usage examples:

A sonorous voice

adjective

(of a person) rather fat or of heavy build.

Usage examples:

Stout middle-aged men

noun

A kind of strong, dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley.

Usage examples:

There is a tradition in england of drinking stout while eating oysters

adjective

(of people) fat and solid-looking, esp. around the waist, or (of things) thick and strong

Usage examples:

He was seen as a pleasant man – short, a bit stout and balding, with a radiant smile., there is muc…