rounded adj

1 curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" [ant: angular]

2 a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks" [syn: fat]

English

Pronunciation

Verb

rounded

1. past tense of "to round"

Adjective

1. Made into a circle or sphere.
2. Complete or balanced.
3. Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
4. Ending in a broad arch.
5. linguistics of a vowel Pronounced with the lips rounded; see rounded vowel.

Derived terms

• rounded down
• rounded up
• roundedness

Round or rounds can mean:

• The shape of a circle or sphere
• Rounding (sediment), the smoothness of a sediment particle
• Roundedness, the roundedness of the lips in the pronunciation of a phoneme
• Rounding, the truncation of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains
• Round number, a number that ends with one or more zeroes
• A level of an event, such as a tournament, golf game, or medical examination
• Round (music), a type of musical composition
• Round of drinks, a traditional method of paying in a drinking establishment
• Cartridge (firearms), a single unit of ammunition
• Round (Theosophy), a planetary cycle of reincarnation in Theosophy
• Round Table Pizza, a pizza restaurant
• Mike Rounds, current Governor of South Dakota
• Rounds (album), a 2003 album by Four Tet
• Round Mountain (volcano), a volcanic peak in British Columbia, Canada
• A regular security patrol, "doing the rounds"
• Funding round, in business finance

See also

• List of all pages starting with Round

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