Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rounded"

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)

Rounded \Round"ed\, a. (Phonetics)
Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized;
labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]


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