to whisper.-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.-having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.-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.-full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.-not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.-uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.-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, / 11.-outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.-full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.-complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.-anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "the golden round" [the crown].-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.-a course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.-a series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.-a circular dance.-that which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.-rotation, as in office; succession.-the step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.-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.-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.-a general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.-ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.-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.-the time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.-a brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.-a vessel filled, as for drinking.-an assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.-see roundtop.-same as round of beef, below.-on all sides; around.-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.-in circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.-from one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.-by or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.-through a circle, as of friends or houses.-roundly; fully; vigorously.-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.-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.-to surround; to encircle; to encompass.-to bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.-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 grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.-to go round, as a guard.-to go or turn round; to wheel about.