round game

A game, eg at cards, in which the number of players is not fixed

the game is not worth the candle see under candle

the game is up

The scheme has failed, all is revealed

round¹ /rownd/

adjective

1. Having a curved outline or surface
2. Approaching a circular, globular or cylindrical form
3. In a course returning upon itself
4. Enveloping
5. With horizontal swing
6. Plump
7. Pronounced with lips contracted to a circle (phonetics)
8. Smooth and full-sounding
9. Sonorous
10. Well finished off
11. (of a sentence) periodic
12. Approximate, without regarding minor denominations
13. (of a number) without fractions
14. Full
15. Not inconsiderable in amount
16. Plain-spoken
17. Candid
18. Honest
19. Unsparing
20. Without mincing
21. (of pace) vigorous
22. (of a strong statement, etc) unqualified

adverb

1. About
2. On all sides
3. Every way
4. In a ring
5. In a curve
6. Along the circumference
7. In rotation
8. From one to another successively
9. Indirectly
10. Circuitously
11. Towards the opposite quarter
12. Roundly (Shakespeare)
13. In the neighbourhood

preposition

1. About
2. Around
3. On every side of
4. All over
5. To every side of in succession
6. Past, beyond

noun

1. A round thing or part
2. A ring, circumference, circle or globe, esp the earth or the sky
3. A ladder rung or similar rounded connecting part
4. A whole slice of bread or toast
5. A sandwich made with two complete slices of bread
6. A cut of beef across the thigh bone
7. A brewer's vessel for beer during fermentation
8. A projecting corner turret (not necessarily round in shape)
9. A carving in the round
10. A coil
11. A bend
12. A circuit
13. A course returning upon itself
14. A dance in a ring, or its tune
15. A canon sung in unison
16. A sequence in which each bell in a set or peal is rung once
17. A cycle or recurring series of events or doings
18. A complete revolution or rotation
19. An accustomed walk
20. A prescribed circuit
21. A patrol
22. A series of calls made by a doctor, postman, etc
23. A complete series of holes in golf
24. Scope
25. Routine
26. A volley, eg of firearms or applause
27. Ammunition of one shot
28. A fixed number of arrows shot from a prescribed distance (archery)
29. A successive or simultaneous action of each member of a company or player in a game
30. A portion dealt around to each
31. A set of drinks bought at one time for all the members of a group
32. A subdivision of a bout, as in boxing
33. A defined stage in a competition
34. Roundness
35. The condition of being visible from all sides, not merely in relief (sculpture)

transitive verb

1. To make round
2. To surround
3. To go round
4. To turn round
5. To finish off
6. To give finish to
7. To pronounce (a sound) with rounded lips

intransitive verb

1. To become round
2. To go round
3. To go the rounds

roundˈed adjective

1. Made round or curved
2. (of a sound) round
3. Finished, complete, developed to perfection

roundˈedness noun

roundˈer noun

1. A person or thing that rounds
2. A thing that is round (see also roundure)
3. A person who goes the round of anything
4. A complete circuit in rounders

roundˈers singular noun

A bat-and-ball game in which players run from station to station

roundˈing noun (computing)

The process of raising (up) or lowering (down) a number to an approximation which has fewer decimal places

roundˈish adjective

roundˈly adverb

1. In a round way
2. So as to be round
3. Frankly, bluntly

roundˈness noun

roundˈabout adjective

1. Circuitous
2. Indirect
3. Cut evenly, without tails or train
4. Plump

noun

1. A circular revolving platform with handles, seats, etc at playgrounds, etc
2. A merry-go-round
3. A place where traffic circulates in one direction
4. A devious way
5. A round earthwork
6. A round dance
7. A short jacket (US)

intransitive verb

To go round and round

roundaboutāˈtion or roundaboutilˈity noun (facetious).

roundaboutˈedly or roundˈaboutly adverb

roundˈaboutness noun

round angle same as perigon

roundˈarch or roundˈarched adjective

Having semicircular arches

roundˈ-arm adjective and adverb

With nearly horizontal swing of the arm

noun

A throw made in this way

roundˈ-backed adjective

round dance noun

1. A dance in a ring
2. A dance in which couples revolve about each other

roundˈ-down noun

An instance of rounding down (see rounding above)

roundˈ-eared adjective

roundˈ-eyed adjective

roundˈ-faced adjective

round fish noun

1. Any fish other than a flat fish
2. The carp
3. An American whitefish

round game noun

A game, esp a card game, in which each plays for his or her own hand

roundˈhand noun

A style of penmanship in which the letters are well-rounded and free

Roundˈhead noun

A supporter of Parliament during the English Civil War, a Puritan (from the close-cut hair)

roundˈ-headed adjective

1. Puritanical
2. Having a round head, top or end
3. Brachycephalic

roundˈhouse noun

1. A lock-up (obsolete)
2. A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck (historical)
3. An engine-house with a turntable (N American)
4. (a boxing style using) a wild swinging punch (orig US)
5. A circular domestic building dating from the Bronze or Iron Age (archaeology)

roundhouse kick noun

(in martial arts) a kick delivered with a semicircular turn of the body

rounding error noun (computing)

An error in a computation caused by repeated rounding

roundˈ-leaved adjective

round mouth noun

A cyclostome

roundˈ-mouthed adjective

roundˈ-nosed adjective

Having a rounded nose or tip

round robin or round Robin noun

1. A paper with signatures in a circle, so that no one may seem to be a ringleader
2. Any letter, petition, etc signed by many people
3. A circular letter sent to friends and family, esp with a Christmas card
4. (in sports) a tournament in which each player plays every other player (also called American tournament)

roundˈ-shouldered adjective

With shoulders bending forward from the back

roundsˈman noun

1. A person who goes round esp one sent by a shopkeeper to take orders and deliver goods
2. A policeman who acts as a supervisor (US)
3. A reporter covering a specified area (Aust and NZ)

round table noun

1. A meeting or conference at which the participants meet on equal terms
2. (with caps) an organization for men aged from 18 to 45, with social and charitable aims

roundˈ-table adjective

Meeting on equal terms, like the inner circle of King Arthur's knights, who sat at a round table

round-the-clockˈ adjective

Lasting through the day and night, twenty-four-hour (also adverb, without hyphens)

round top noun

A mast-head platform

round tower noun

A tall tapering tower of circular section, of early Christian origin, common in Ireland

round trip noun

1. A trip to a place and back again
2. An instance of roundtripping (informal)

round-tripˈ adjective (esp N American)

Return

roundtrippˈing noun (informal)

The financial practice of a company re-lending money at a rate higher than that at which they themselves have borrowed it

roundˈ-up noun

1. A driving together or assembling, as of all the cattle on a ranch, a set of people wanted by the police, a collection of facts or information, etc
2. An instance of rounding up (see rounding above)

round window noun

(in vertebrates) the lower of the two membrane-covered openings between the middle ear and the inner ear

roundˈ-winged adjective

roundˈwood noun

Small pieces of timber taken from near the tops of trees and used for furniture

roundˈworm noun

A threadworm or nematode, a member of the Nematoda, unsegmented animals with long rounded bodies, mostly parasitic

bring round see under bring

come round see under come

get round to

To have the time or inclination to do (something) after delay

go or make the rounds

1. To go or be passed from place to place or person to person
2. To circulate
3. To patrol

in round numbers or figures

1. To the nearest convenient large number, ie ten, a hundred, a thousand, etc
2. Roughly, approximately

in the round

1. Capable of being viewed from all sides, not merely in relief
2. Taking everything into consideration
3. With all features, etc fully displayed

round about

1. An emphatic form of round
2. The other way about
3. Approximately

round down

To lower (a number) to the nearest convenient figure, usu ten, a hundred, etc

round off

To finish off neatly

round on

To turn on, attack verbally

round out

To fill out to roundness

round the bend see under bend¹

round the clock see round-the-clock above.

round the twist see under twist

round to

To turn the head of a ship to the wind

round up

1. To ride round and collect
2. To gather in (wanted persons, facts, etc)
3. To raise (a number) to the nearest convenient figure, usu ten, a hundred, etc