rolar

Phonetic: "/vɪə/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊnd/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.

Example: High above, vultures circled around.

Definition: So as to surround or be near.

Example: Everybody please gather around.

Definition: Nearly; approximately; about.

Example: An adult elephant weighs around five tons.

Definition: From place to place.

Example: Look around and see what you find.

Definition: From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.

Example: He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.

Definition: (with turn, spin etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.

Example: She spun around a few times.

Definition: Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.

Example: I asked around, and no-one really liked it.

Definition: Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊnd/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.

Example: I planted a row of lilies around the statue.

Definition: (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.

Example: There has been a lot of controversy around the handling of personal information.

Definition: Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.

Example: She went around the track fifty times.

Definition: Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.

Example: The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.

Definition: Near; in the vicinity of.

Example: I don't want you around me.

Definition: At or to various places within.

Example: She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊnd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A circular or spherical object or part of an object.

Definition: A circular or repetitious route.

Example: The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.

Definition: A general outburst from a group of people at an event.

Example: The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.

Definition: A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.

Definition: A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.

Example: They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.

Definition: A single individual portion or dose of medicine.

Definition: One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).

Definition: A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.

Definition: A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.

Definition: One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.

Definition: A stage, level, set of events in a game

Definition: (drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.

Definition: A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

Example: All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices.

Definition: (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.

Definition: A rung, as of a ladder.

Definition: A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.

Definition: A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.

Example: the round of the seasons    a round of pleasures

Definition: A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

Definition: A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

Definition: A circular dance.

Definition: Rotation, as in office; succession.

Definition: A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.

Definition: An assembly; a group; a circle.

Example: a round of politicians

Definition: A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

Definition: A vessel filled, as for drinking.

Definition: A round-top.

Definition: A round of beef.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊnd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To shape something into a curve.

Example: The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.

Definition: To become shaped into a curve.

Definition: (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

Example: She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.

Definition: To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

Example: Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.

Definition: To turn past a boundary.

Example: Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.

Definition: To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

Example: As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.

Definition: To advance to home plate.

Example: And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.

Definition: To go round, pass, go past.

Definition: To encircle; to encompass.

Definition: To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

Definition: To do ward rounds.

Definition: To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

Definition: To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊnd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: (physical) Shape.

Definition: Complete, whole, not lacking.

Example: The baker sold us a round dozen.

Definition: (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

Example: One hundred is a nice round number.

Definition: Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.

Definition: Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.

Example: a round answer; a round oath

Definition: Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.

Definition: Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.

Definition: Large in magnitude.

Example: a round sum

Definition: (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.

Definition: Vaulted.