A charge of ammunition for a single shot.

synonyms: one shot, unit of ammunition.

Roget 69: continuity; consecution, consecutiveness etc. adj.; succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent.    procession, column; retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array.    pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house; line, line of ancestors; strain.    rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team; suit; colonnade.    ... show more

An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.

synonyms: cycle, rhythm.

Dutch: ritme
Polish: cykl

A regular route for a sentry or policeman.

synonym: beat.

Roget 625: business, occupation, employment; pursuit etc. 622; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case.    matter in hand, irons in the fire; thing to do, agendum, task, work, job, chore [U.S.], errand, commission, mission, charge, care; duty etc. 926.    part, role, cue; province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line; walk, walk of life; beat, round, routine; race, career.    office, place, post, chargeship^†, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service etc. (servitude) 749; engagement; undertaking etc. 676.    vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty; industry, art; industrial arts; craft, mystery, handicraft; trade etc. (commerce) 794.    exercise; work etc. (action) 680; avocation; press of business etc. (activity) 682.    ... show more

Dutch: ronde

often plural A series of professional calls (usually in a set order).

The activity of playing 18 holes of golf:
— A round of golf takes about 4 hours.

synonym: round of golf.

The usual activities in your day:
— The doctor made his rounds.

synonym: daily round.

sports A division during which one team is on the offensive.

synonyms: bout, turn.

Roget 138: periodicity, intermittence; beat; oscillation etc. 314; pulse, pulsation; rhythm; alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity^†.    bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say.    anniversary, jubilee, centenary.    catamenia^†, courses, menses, menstrual flux.    [Regularity of return] rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday &c.; months of the year; January &c.; feast, fast &c.; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day &c.; Allhallows^†, Allhallowmas^†, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile^†, Candlemas^†, Dewali, groundhog day [U.S.], Halloween, Hallowmas^†, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day [U.S.], St.    Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide.    punctuality, regularity, steadiness.    ... show more

Roget 720: contention, strife; contest, contestation^†; struggle; belligerency; opposition etc. 708.    controversy, polemics; debate etc. (discussion) 476; war of words, logomachy^†, litigation; paper war; high words etc. (quarrel) 713; sparring etc. v.. competition, rivalry; corrivalry^†, corrivalship^†, agonism^†, concours^†, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap; regatta; field day; sham fight, Derby day; turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy^†, gymkhana^†; boat race, torpids^†.    wrestling, greco-roman wrestling; pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense; spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting; quarterstaff, single stick; gladiatorship^†, gymnastics; jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti^†, sumo; athletics, athletic sports; games of skill etc. 840.    shindy^†; fracas etc. (discord) 713; clash of arms; tussle, scuffle, broil, fray; affray, affrayment^†; velitation^†; colluctation^†, luctation^†; brabble^†, brigue^†, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash^†, bushfighting^†.    free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight.    conflict, skirmish; rencounter^†, encounter; rencontre^†, collision, affair, brush, fight; battle, battle royal; combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament; tilt, tilting [Mediev.]; tournay^†, list; pitched battle.    death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon^†.    hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war.    naval engagement, naumachia^†, sea fight.    duel, duello [It]; single combat, monomachy^†, satisfaction, passage d'armes [Fr.], passage of arms, affair of honor; triangular duel; hostile meeting, digladiation^†; deeds of arms, feats of arms; appeal to arms etc. (warfare) 722.    pugnacity; combativeness etc. adj.; bone of contention etc. 713.    ... show more

Polish: runda

The course along which communications spread.

A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic):
— He ordered a second round.

synonym: round of drinks.

Polish: kolejka

A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg.

Polish: krzyżówka, krzyżowa

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.

synonym: troll.

Dutch: troll

An outburst of applause.

A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.

synonyms: rung, stave.

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib^†; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, locus standi [Lat.]; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor etc. (basement) 211.    supporter; aid etc. 707; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment^†; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit^†, outrigger; ratlings^†.    staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle^†; bourdon^†, cowlstaff^†, lathi^†, mahlstick^†.    post, pillar, shaft, thill^†, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle^†, zocle^†; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb.    frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis^†, trave^†, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion^†; crown post, king post; vertebra.    columella^†, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay.    trunnion, pivot, rowlock^†; peg etc. (pendency) 214^†; tiebeam etc. (fastening) 45; thole pin^†.    board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet^†, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece [Fr.], mantleshelf^†; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy^†.    seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud^†; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack^†, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo^†, faldstool^†, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki^†, lamba kursi^†; saddle, pannel^†, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.    bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed^†, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang^†; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse^†; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.    footstool, hassock; tabouret^†; tripod, monopod.    Atlas, Persides, Atlantes^†, Caryatides, Hercules.    ... show more

Roget 415: music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody etc. 413; aria, arietta^†; piece of music [Fr.], work, number, opus; sonata; rondo, rondeau [Fr.]; pastorale, cavatina^†, roulade^†, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza; cadence; fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno [It], dithyramb; opera, operetta; oratorio; composition, movement; stave; passamezzo [It], toccata, Vorspiel [G.].    instrumental music; full score; minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra; concerted piece [Fr.], potpourri, capriccio.    vocal music, vocalism^†; chaunt, chant; psalm, psalmody; hymn; song etc. (poem) 597; canticle, canzonet^†, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo^†, solfeggio^†.    Lydian measures; slow music, slow movement; adagio etc. adv.; minuet; siren strains, soft music, lullaby; dump; dirge etc. (lament) 839; pibroch^†; martial music, march; dance music; waltz etc. (dance) 840.    solo, duet, duo, trio; quartet, quartett^†; septett^†; part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale; antiphon^†, antiphony; accompaniment, second, bass; score; bourdon^†, drone, morceau^†, terzetto^†.    composer etc. 413; musician etc. 416.    ... show more

Any circular or rotating mechanism.

synonym: circle.

Wind around; move along a circular course.

Roget 249: render spherical etc. adj.; form into a sphere, sphere, roll into a ball; give rotundity etc. n.; round.   

Roget 245: be curved, etc. adj.; curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag; deviate etc. 279; curl, turn; reenter.    render curved etc. adj.; flex, bend, curve, incurvate^†; inflect; deflect, scatter [Phys.]; refract (light) 420; crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate^†; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle.    rotundity etc. 249; convexity etc. 250.    ... show more

Roget 247: make round etc. adj.; round.    go round; encircle etc. 227; describe a circle etc. 311.   

Make round:
— Round the edges.

synonyms: round off, round out.

Dutch: afronden

Pronounce with rounded lips.

synonyms: labialise, labialize.

Dutch: labializeren

Attack in speech or writing.

synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, snipe.

Dutch: aanvallen

Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.

synonyms: brush up, polish, polish up, round off.

Dutch: polijsten, verfijnen

Express as a round number:
— Round off the amount.

synonyms: round down, round off, round out.

Dutch: afronden

Become round, plump, or shapely.

synonyms: fill out, flesh out.

Having the shape or form of a circle.

synonym: circular.

Roget 247: round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular; oval, ovate; elliptic, elliptical; egg-shaped; pear-shaped etc. 245; cycloidal etc. n.^†; spherical etc. 249.    ... show more

Roget 535: asserting etc. v.; declaratory, predicatory^†, pronunciative^†, affirmative, soi-disant [Fr.]; positive; certain etc. 474; express, explicit etc. (patent) 525; absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory; unretracted^†; predicable.    ... show more

Polish: kolisty

of sounds Full and rich.

synonyms: orotund, pear-shaped, rotund.

Roget 249: rotund; round etc. (circular) 247; cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid^†; columnar, lumbriciform^†; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated^†, globous^†, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform^†; campaniform^†, campanulate^†, campaniliform^†; fungiform^†, bead-like, moniliform^†, pyriform^†, bulbous; tres atque rotundus [Lat.]; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.    ... show more

mathematics Expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand.

From beginning to end; throughout:
— It rains all year round on Skye.
— Frigid weather the year around.

synonym: around.