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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

... so also the elements of a fine passage, by whose separation from one another its high quality is simultaneously dissipated and evaporates, when joined in one organic whole, and still further compacted by the bond of harmony, by the mere rounding of the period gain ...

— On the Sublime • Longinus

... out by him immediately by his own will to his subjects, according to their behaviour. Thus the same disposition towards completeness which was the ruin of paganism, here, too, was found generating the same evils; the half truth rounding itself out with falsehoods. Not only the consequence of ill actions which followed through themselves, but the accidents, as we call them, of nature, earthquakes, storms, and pestilences, were the ministers of God's justice, and struck sinners only with discriminating accuracy. That the sun ...

— Froude's Essays in Literature and History - With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc • James Froude

... eight British warships awaited her, attended by numerous fishing craft hired to spread nets to entangle her. Near the English coast dense fogs aided by obscuring the vision of her foes' naval lookouts, and in rounding Scotland to reach the North Sea she had to evade a long line of warships and innumerable auxiliary craft ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

... over there," shouted Mr. Wentworth at this moment. "I see cattle, and that proves that the raiders didn't scoop Taylor as they did me. Now look sharp; we've got rounding out enough to ...

— George at the Fort - Life Among the Soldiers • Harry Castlemon

... of the garter, with the Duchess of Bedford, was also present. Shortly after eleven o'clock a signal was made from Ben Nead that the royal party were approaching, and' presently the royal carriages were seen rounding a hill half a mile distant. Cluny then put himself at the head of the Highlandmen, and behind him stood the standard-bearer, with the venerable green silk flag of the Macphersons, which was 'out' in the rebellions of 1715 and ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

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