rounds
/ˈɹaʊndz/noun
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A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
A circular or repetitious route.
Example: The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.
A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
Example: The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
verb
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To shape something into a curve.
Example: The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
To become shaped into a curve.
(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
Example: She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
Example: Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.
verb
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To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
noun
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A whisper; whispering.
Discourse; song.
noun
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The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in their homes according to a predetermined order.
A route taken by someone in authority.
Example: the hourly rounds of the night watchman.
(campanology) A descending diatonic scale played on a ring of bells.