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/rˈaʊndɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Rounding n.

(Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; called also service.

(Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization.

adjective

Rounding adj. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

verb

Round v. i. & v. t. To whisper. (obs.) "The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man,"... he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here?""

Round v. t. (past & past part. rounded; pres. part. rounding)

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." "The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very great perfection."

To surround; to encircle; to encompass. "The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow."

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."

To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.

To round in (Naut.)

(a)

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.

(b)

To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as on cattle ranches. (Western U.S.)

Round v. i.

To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. "The queen your mother rounds apace." "So rounds he to a separate mind, From whence clear memory may begin."

To go round, as a guard. (Poetic) "They... nightly rounding walk."

To go or turn round; to wheel about.

To round to (Naut.), to turn the head of a ship toward the wind.

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Etymology of 'Rounding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rounding" Quotes from Famous Books

... rushed forward on their course. They were just rounding into the Ohio, on their mad career, when we saw one of them suddenly fly in pieces, torn, rent, shivered, the atmosphere filled with fragments. Then came a terrific explosion, like the din of an earthquake, shaking the raft with its ...

— Down The River - Buck Bradford and His Tyrants • Oliver Optic

... way through crowded streets where sheep are not, can have small appreciation of his wisdom and his sterling worth. To know him properly, one needs to see him at work in a country where sheep abound, to watch him adroitly rounding up his scattered charges on a wide-stretching moorland, gathering the wandering wethers into close order and driving them before him in unbroken company to the fold; handling the stubborn pack in a narrow lane, or holding them in a corner of a field, immobile under the spell of his vigilant ...

— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton

... soap and water applied to the regulator bar in the iron envelope will protect it from oxidizing much during the heating. The portions of the regulator bar marked h are intended to be rounded, while the parts marked m are intended to be dead flat. The rounding is carefully done, first with a file and finished with emery paper. The outer edge of the loop A'' is a little rounded, also the inner edge next the cap C. This will be understood by inspecting Fig. 46, where we show a magnified ...

— Watch and Clock Escapements • Anonymous

... earnestness to "see" if any of those righteous five would be guilty of the wickedness of becoming ghosts to frighten an old man. She would have felt easier at once if she could have convinced herself that they would; but she could only see each of them rounding eyes of horror at her, and her sobs, ...

— An Australian Lassie • Lilian Turner

... you a pitcher, missie," said the good-natured man, and with the same kind of clay, just rounding it a bit and giving a cunning little pinch to form the spout, he made quite ...

— Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad • Various

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