shaped like a circle or cylinder

she was seated at a small, round table

shaped like a sphere

a round glass ball

the grapes are small and round

(of a voice) rich and mellow; not harsh

his rich, round voice went down well with the listeners

(of a number) expressed in convenient units rather than exactly, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten

the size of the fleet is given in round numbers

not omitting or disguising anything; frank

she berated him in good round terms

a circular piece of something

cut the pastry into rounds

an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn

she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye

each of a sequence of sessions in a process, typically characterized by development between one session and another

the two sides held three rounds of talks

a regularly recurring sequence of activities

their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry

a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon

a slice of bread

two rounds of toast

the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot

the gun can fire 30 rounds a second

so as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion

a plane circled round overhead

she turned her glass round and round

so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction

he swung round to face her

so as to surround someone or something

everyone crowded round

a pool with banks all the way round

so as to reach a new place or position, typically by moving to the other side of something

he made his way round to the back of the building

they went the long way round by the main road

used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity

he was driving round aimlessly

so as to give support and companionship

if one girl is distraught the others will rally round

on every side of (a focal point)

the area round the school

with shifting sands all round me

so as to encircle (someone or something)

he wrapped the blanket round him

she drew a red circle round his name

following an approximately circular route past (a corner or obstacle)

a bus appeared round the corner

so as to cover or take in the whole area of (a place)

she went round the house and saw that all the windows were barred

pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction

the ship rounded the cape and sailed north

alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations

we'll round the weight up to the nearest kilo

the committee rounded down the figure

let's just round it off to an even ten dollars

give a round shape to

a lathe that rounded chair legs