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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Round \Round\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rounded}; p. pr & vb n. {Rounding}.] 1. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to as to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything Worms with many feet, which round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber. --Bacon. The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very great perfection. --Addison. 2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. --Shak. 3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence to bring to a fit conclusion. We are such stuff As dreams are made on and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. --Shak. 4. To go round wholly or in part to go about (a corner or point); as to round a corner; to round Cape Horn. 5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as to round periods in writing. --Swift. {To round in} (Naut.) To haul up usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. --Totten. b To collect together (cattle) by riding around them as on cattle ranches From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rounding \Round"ing\, a. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rounding \Round"ing\, n. 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also {service}. 2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
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