Circle shape
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adjective
- Approximately round
"a round face"
- Having a full rounded shape plump
"the toddler's round belly"
- Having curves rather than angles
"round corners"
- Complete, full
"a round dozen"
- Approximately correct
- Substantial in amount ample
"… a good round price."
- Direct in utterance outspoken
"a round denunciation"
- Moving in or forming a circle
- Brought to completion or perfection finished
"a good, round meal"
- Presented with lifelike fullness or vividness
"The author creates a round character, full of faults and virtues."
- Delivered with a swing of the arm
"a round blow"
- Having full or unimpeded resonance or tone sonorous
""Well, Sir," said Doctor Parker Peps in a round, deep, sonorous voice …"
- Pronounced with rounded} lips {sx
- Of or relating to handwriting predominantly curved rather than angular
adverb
- Around
- From beginning to end through
"The bush stays green all year round."
noun
- Something (such as a circle, globe, or ring) that is round
- Round dance
- A musical canon in which each part begins on the same note and is continuously repeated
- A rung of a ladder or a chair
- A rounded molding
- A circling or circuitous path or course
- Motion in a circle or a curving path
- A route or circuit habitually covered (as by a security guard or police officer)
- A series of similar or customary calls or stops
"They were always together, fighting to cure paralysis. An endless round of fundraisers, Congressional testimony."
- A drink of liquor apiece served at one time to each person in a group
"I'll buy the next round."
- A sequence of recurring routine or repetitive actions or events
"went about my round of chores"
- A period of time that recurs in a fixed pattern
"the daily round"
- One shot fired by a weapon or by many weapons in a military unit
- A unit of ammunition consisting of the parts necessary to fire one shot
- A unit of action in a contest or game which comprises a stated period, covers a prescribed distance, includes a specified number of plays, or gives each player one turn
- A division of a tournament in which each contestant plays an opponent
- A prolonged burst (as of applause)
- A cut of meat (such as beef) especially between the rump and the lower leg see beef
- A slice of food
"a round of bread"
- A rounded or curved part
verb
- To make round
- Go around
- To pass part of the way around
"slipped while rounding first base"
- Encircle, encompass
- To bring to completion or perfection
- To express as a round number
- To become round, plump, or shapely
- To reach fullness or completion
- To follow a winding course bend
preposition
- Around
- All during throughout
"round the year"
verb
- Whisper
- To speak to in a whisper
noun
- An angle of 360° or 2 π radians
noun
- Quahog
noun
- A folk dance in which participants form a ring and move in a prescribed direction
- A ballroom dance in which couples progress around the room
- A series of movements performed by a bee to indicate that a source of food is nearby
noun
- The standard unit of trading in a security market usually amounting to 100 shares of stock
This clue was used on December 13, 2025.
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