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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
round \round\, v. i. t. from roun.
to whisper. obs. --shak. holland.
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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?" --calderwood.
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see also:
roun
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
round \round\, a. of. roond, roont, reond, f. rond, fr. l.
rotundus, fr. rota wheel. see rotary, and cf. rotund,
roundel, rundlet.
1. having every portion of the surface or of the
circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;
circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a
circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
"the big, round tears." --shak.
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upon the firm opacous globe
of this round world. --milton.
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2. having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
of a musket is round.
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3. having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface
of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. "their round
haunches gored." --shak.
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4. full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately
in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of
numbers.
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pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than
the fraction. --arbuthnot.
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5. not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
round price.
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three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum.
--shak.
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round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
--tennyson.
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6. uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
round note.
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7. phonetics modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the
lip opening, making the opening more or less round in
shape; rounded; labialized; labial. see guide to
pronunciation, sect 11.
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8. outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. "the round
assertion." --m. arnold.
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sir toby, i must be round with you. --shak.
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9. full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
reference to their style. obs.
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in his satires horace is quick, round, and pleasant.
--peacham.
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10. complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to
conduct.
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round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
--bacon.
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at a round rate, rapidly. --dryden.
in round numbers, approximately in even units, tens,
hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be
said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.
round bodies geom., the sphere right cone, and right
cylinder.
round clam zool., the quahog.
round dance one which is danced by couples with a whirling
or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.
round game, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
own account.
round hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are
formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately
distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.
round robin. perhaps f. round round + ruban ribbon.
a a written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest,
etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so
as not to indicate who signed first. "no round robins
signed by the whole main deck of the academy or the
porch." --de quincey.
b zool. the cigar fish.
round shot, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.
round table, the table about which sat king arthur and his
knights. see knights of the round table, under knight.
round tower, one of certain lofty circular stone towers,
tapering from the base upward, and usually having a
conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found
chiefly in ireland. they are of great antiquity, and vary
in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
round trot, one in which the horse throws out his feet
roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --addison.
round turn naut., one turn of a rope round a timber, a
belaying pin, etc.
to bring up with a round turn, to stop abruptly. colloq.
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syn: circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.
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see also:
rotary rotund roundel rundlet at a round rate in round numbers
round bodies round clam round dance round game round hand
round robin round shot round table knights of the round table knight
round tower round trot round turn to bring up with a round turn
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
round \round\ round, n.
1. anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "the golden
round" the crown. --shak.
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in labyrinth of many a round self-rolled. --milton.
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2. a series of changes or events ending where it began; a
series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a
periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a
round of pleasures.
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3. hence: a course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat;
especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also,
the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round;
the rounds of the postman.
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4. a series of duties or tasks which must be performed in
turn, and then repeated.
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the trivial round, the common task. --keble.
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5. hence: mining, tunneling one work cycle, consisting of
drilling blast holes, loading them with explosive,
blasting, mucking out, and, if necessary, installing
temporary support.
rdh
. . . inco is still much more advanced than other
mining companies. he says that the lkab mine in
sweden is the closest rival. he predicts that, by
2008, inco can reach a new productivity plateau,
doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350
tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. another
aim is to triple the mine cycle rate the time to
drill, blast and muck a round from one cycle to
three complete cycles per 24 hours.
--http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/apr00/page10.asp
pjc
6. a course of action or conduct performed by a number of
persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a
circle.
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women to cards may be compared: we play
a round or two; which used, we throw away.
--granville.
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the feast was served; the bowl was crowned;
to the king's pleasure went the mirthful round.
--prior.
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7. hence: a complete set of plays in a game or contest
covering a standard number of individual plays or parts;
as, a round of golf; a round of tennis.
pjc
8. hence: one set of games in a tournament.
pjc
9. the time during which prize fighters or boxers are in
actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by
their rules; a bout.
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10. a circular dance.
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come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
in a light fantastic round. --milton.
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11. that which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a
round of applause.
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12. rotation, as in office; succession. --holyday.
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13. the step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a
crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
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all the rounds like jacob's ladder rise. --dryden.
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14. mil.
a a walk performed by a guard or an officer round the
rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see
that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe;
also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who
performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
b a general discharge of firearms by a body of troops
in which each soldier fires once.
c one piece of ammunition for a firearm, used by
discharging one piece at a time; as, each soldier
carried a hundred rounds of ammunition.
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15. mus. a short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which
three or four voices follow each other round in a species
of canon in the unison.
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16. a brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded,
the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
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17. a vessel filled, as for drinking; as, to drink a round od
ale together. r.
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18. an assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of
politicians. --addison.
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19. naut. see roundtop.
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20. same as round of beef, below.
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gentlemen of the round.
a gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds.
see 10
a, above.
b disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. obs.
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worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have
vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let
your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers
do what they can. --b. jonson.
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round of beef, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone,
or between the rump and the leg. see illust. of beef.
round steak, a beefsteak cut from the round.
sculpture in the round, sculpture giving the full form, as
of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.
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see also:
roundtop round of beef gentlemen of the round beef round steak sculpture in the round
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
round \round\, adv.
1. on all sides; around.
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round he throws his baleful eyes. --milton.
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2. circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a
wheel turns round.
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3. in circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
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4. from one side or party to another; as to come or turn
round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
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5. by or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
course; back to the starting point.
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6. through a circle, as of friends or houses.
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the invitations were sent round accordingly. --sir
w. scott.
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7. roundly; fully; vigorously. obs. --chaucer.
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all round, over the whole place; in every direction.
all-round, of general capacity; as, an all-round man.
colloq.
to bring one round.
a to cause one to change his opinions or line of
conduct.
b to restore one to health. colloq.
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see also:
all round all-round to bring one round
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
round \round\, prep.
on every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city;
to wind a cable round a windlass.
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the serpent error twines round human hearts. --cowper.
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round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "moses .
. . set them the elders round about the tabernacle."
--num. xi. 24.
to come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, a
person by flattery or deception. colloq.
1913 webster
see also:
round about to come round
- [6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
round \round\, v. i.
1. to grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness,
completeness, or perfection.
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the queen your mother rounds apace. --shak.
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so rounds he to a separate mind,
from whence clear memory may begin. --tennyson.
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2. to go round, as a guard. poetic
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they . . . nightly rounding walk. --milton.
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3. to go or turn round; to wheel about. --tennyson.
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to round to naut., to turn the head of a ship toward the
wind.
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see also:
to round to
- [7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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worms with many feet, which round themselves into
balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber.
--bacon.
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the figures on our modern medals are raised and
rounded to a very great perfection. --addison.
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2. to surround; to encircle; to encompass.
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the inclusive verge
of golden metal that must round my brow. --shak.
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3. to bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence,
to bring to a fit conclusion.
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we are such stuff
as dreams are made on, and our little life
is rounded with a sleep. --shak.
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4. to go round wholly or in part; to go about a corner or
point; as, to round a corner; to round cape horn.
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5. to make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in
writing. --swift.
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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. western u.s.
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see also:
rounded rounding to round in
- [8] : WordNet (r) 2.0
round
adj 1: having a circular shape syn: circular ant: square
2: of sounds full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and
reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" syn: orotund,
rotund, pear-shaped
3: of numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand; "in
round numbers"
n 1: a charge of ammunition for a single shot syn: unit of
ammunition, one shot
2: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events
occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons" syn: cycle,
rhythm
3: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days
a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
syn: beat
4: often plural a series of professional calls usually in a
set order; "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing
every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our
round of the local bars"
5: the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf
takes about 4 hours" syn: round of golf
6: the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his
rounds" syn: daily round
7: sports a period of play during which one team is on the
offensive syn: turn, bout
8: the course along which communications spread; "the story is
going the rounds in washington"
9: a serving to each of a group usually alcoholic; "he
ordered a second round" syn: round of drinks
10: a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
11: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice
starts and others join in one after another until all are
singing different parts of the song at the same time;
"they enjoyed singing rounds" syn: troll
12: an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
13: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair syn: rung, stave
14: any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out
metal circles" syn: circle
adv : from beginning to end; throughout; "it rains all year round
on skye"; "frigid weather the year around" syn: around
v 1: wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
2: make round; "round the edges" syn: round out, round off
3: be around; "developments surround the town"; "the river
encircles the village" syn: surround, environ, encircle,
circle, ring
4: pronounce with rounded lips syn: labialize, labialise
5: attack in speech or writing; "the editors of the
left-leaning paper attacked the new house speaker" syn: attack,
assail, lash out, snipe, assault
6: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
"polish your social manners" syn: polish, round off,
polish up, brush up
7: express as a round number; "round off the amount" syn: round
off, round down, round out
8: become round, plump, or shapely; "the young woman is
fleshing out" syn: flesh out, fill out
see also:
circular square orotund rotund pear-shaped unit of ammunition
one shot cycle rhythm beat round of golf
daily round turn bout round of drinks troll
rung stave circle around round out
round off surround environ encircle ring
labialize labialise attack assail lash out
snipe assault polish polish up brush up
round off round down flesh out fill out
- [9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
701 moby thesaurus words for "round":
attic, charybdis, chateaubriand, ciceronian, indian file, o,
o-shaped, sro, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again,
air lane, all but, all over, all-out, almost, ambagious, ambit,
amount, annular, annular muscle, annulate, annulose, annulus,
anticlockwise, approximate, approximately, arc, arch, arched, area,
arena, areola, around, array, arsis, articulation, artless,
as good as, aside, assemble, aureole, back, backhanded, backward,
bailiwick, ball, bank, bead, beat, beaten path, begird, bellied,
bellylike, bend, bend back, beside, best bower, blade roast, bluff,
blunt, border, borderland, bout, bow, bower, breast, brimful,
brimming, brisket, broad, brusque, bulging, bullet, bureaucracy,
bureaucratism, burst, bursting, buzz, by, caliber, candid, canon,
capacity, cards, cartridge, catch, categorical, catena, catenation,
chain, chain reaction, chaining, chance, chaplet, charge, chaste,
chinoiserie, chock-full, chuck, chuck roast, chuck-full, circinate,
circle, circuit, circuiteer, circuitous, circuitously, circular,
circulate, circulation, circumambulate, circumference,
circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumvent,
circumvolute, circumvolution, circus, classic, clear, clockwise,
clod, close, close about, close the circle, closed circle, clubs,
cold cuts, collect, come about, come full circle, compass,
complete, concatenation, conclusive, cone, congested, connection,
consecution, continuum, convex, corner, corona, coronary, coronet,
counterclockwise, course, cram-full, crammed, crank, crook, crown,
crownlike, curl, curvation, curve, curved, curvilinear, cut, cycle,
cyclic, cycloid, daily grind, decided, decisive, deck, decurve,
definite, definitive, deflect, degree, demesne, department,
descent, describe a circle, determinate, deuce, deviating,
deviative, devious, diadem, diamonds, diastole, digressive, direct,
disc, discipline, discoid, discursive, discus, disk, disklike,
dizzy round, domain, dome, dominion, doorstep, double a point,
downbeat, downright, draft, dram, drench, drink, drone, drop,
dummy, easy, eddy, elegant, embow, encircle, encircling, enclosing,
encompass, end, endless belt, endless round, ensphere, entire,
eternal return, exact, excursive, explicit, express, extent,
face cards, fairy ring, farci, fetch about, field, file,
filet mignon, filiation, fill out, filled, final, finish, finished,
fixed, flank, flat, flat-out, flex, flight path, flush, footrest,
footstep, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking,
free-spoken, free-tongued, fugato, fugue, full, full circle,
full house, full to bursting, gamut, gargle, garland, gather,
genuine, gird, girdle, girdle the globe, global, globate, globe,
globe-shaped, globelike, globular, glory, go, go about, go around,
go round, go the round, graceful, gracile, gradation, grade, grind,
groove, gurge, guzzle, gyrate, gyration, gyre, halo, hand,
head over heels, heart-to-heart, hearts, heat, heel,
heels over head, height, helical, hem, hemisphere, herd, honest,
hook, hoop, hum, hump, hunch, implicit, in a circle, in a spin,
in a whirl, in circles, in reverse, in the neighborhood,
in the vicinity, inappealable, incurvate, incurve, indirect,
indisputable, inflect, ingenuous, inning, innings, interval,
itinerary, jack, jam-packed, jigger, jog trot, joker, jolt,
judicial circuit, jurisdiction, just about, king, knave, knuckle,
lap, lasso, leap, left bower, level, libation, limpid, line,
lineage, logical circle, loin, loop, looplet, lucid, maelstrom,
magic circle, make a circuit, march, mark, marshal, meandering,
measure, mellifluous, mellow, monotone, most, muster, natural,
near, nearby, neat, nexus, nigh, nip, noose, notch, nuance,
oblique, on all sides, open, openhearted, opportunity, orb,
orbicular, orbit, orbital, orbiting, orotund, out-and-out,
out-of-the-way, outburst, outright, outspoken, over, overfull,
overstuffed, pack, packed, packed like sardines, pair, pale, pas,
path, peg, pellucid, pendulum, peremptory, perfect, period,
periodicity, perspicuous, picture cards, pirouette, pitch, pivot,
pivot about, place, plain, plain-spoken, plane, plate, plate piece,
plateau, playing cards, plenary, plenum, point, polished, positive,
pot roast, potation, potion, powder train, practically, precinct,
precise, primrose path, progression, proportion, province, pull,
pulse, pure, put about, queen, queue, rack, radius, range, rank,
rat race, ratio, reach, ready to burst, realm, recurrence, recurve,
red tape, red-tapeism, reel, refine, refined, reflect, reflex,
relief, remove, replete, rest, restrained, reticulation, retroflex,
return, reverberant, reverberating, revolution, revolve, rib roast,
ribs, rich, ring, ring-shaped, ringlike, riser, road, roast,
rolled roast, rondeau, rondelet, rondelle, rondino, rondo,
rondoletto, rondure, rotary, rotate, rotation, rotund, rough,
round a bend, round a corner, round a point, round about,
round and round, round of drinks, round out, round trip, round up,
roundabout, rounded, rounded out, roundel, roundelay, rounds,
route, routine, row, royal flush, rubber, ruff, rump, rump roast,
run, rundle, rung, rut, saddle, sag, satiated, saturated, saucer,
say, scale, scope, screw, sea lane, sequence, series, shade,
shadow, shank, shell, short ribs, shortcut, shot, shoulder,
shoulder clod, simple, sincere, single file, singleton, sip,
sirloin, skirt, sleek, slick, smooth, snifter, snort, soaked,
sonorous, space, spades, spate, spectrum, spell, sphere, spherical,
spheroid, spheroidal, sphincter, spin, spiral, spoke, spot,
squirrel cage, stage, stair, standard, standing room only, stave,
step, step stool, stepping-stone, stint, straight, straight-out,
straightforward, string, stuffed, subdiscipline, succession, suck,
sup, surfeited, surge, surround, swag, swath, sweep, swig, swill,
swing, swing round, swirl, swivel, swollen, systole, tasteful,
tenderloin, terse, thesis, thread, through, throughout, tier, time,
time at bat, topful, total, tour, track, trade route, train,
traject, trajectory, trajet, transparent, tread, treadmill, trey,
trick, trim, troll, trump, truthful, turn, turn a corner,
turn a pirouette, turn about, turn around, turn round, turn tail,
twirl, twist, unaffected, unchecked, uncircumscribed,
unconditional, unconditioned, unconstrained, undoubting,
unembellished, unequivocal, unguarded, unhampered, unhesitating,
unlabored, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified,
unquestioning, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unvarnished,
unwaivable, upbeat, utter, vault, veer, veer around, vibrant,
vicious circle, volley, vortex, walk, wamble, well-nigh,
well-worn groove, wet, whack, wheel, wheel about, whirl, whirlpool,
whirlwind, whole, widdershins, wind, windrow, without exception,
without reserve, wrangle, wreath
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