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roundly in a round manner, or in the shape of a round object. [2 definitions]
round number a number given in terms of the nearest whole number, or given in the nearest tens, hundreds, or the like. The number 50 is a round number for 47.
round off to reduce a number to a number that approximates it but is not a fraction, or to reduce a number to the nearest number that ends in zero. [2 definitions]
round out to bring to completion or perfection.
round robin an athletic contest or tournament in which each participant has a turn competing with every other one. [2 definitions]
round-shouldered having the shoulders and upper back bent forward; hunched.
round steak a cut of beef from between the rump and the top of the hind leg.
Round Table in the Arthurian legends, the table about which King Arthur and his knights sat, or this group collectively. [2 definitions]
round-the-clock continuous throughout the day and night.
round trip a trip to a given destination and back to the starting point.
roundup the herding of cattle for branding or shipping to market. [3 definitions]
round up to bring together; collect. [2 definitions]
roundworm a worm with a long, cylindrical, unsegmented body that is a parasite in mammal intestines.
rouse to waken from sleep, apathy, depression, or the like; arouse. [5 definitions]
roustabout a manual laborer on a wharf or ship's deck; longshoreman or deckhand. [3 definitions]
rout1 a disorderly and confused retreat of defeated troops. [5 definitions]
rout2 to root about with the snout, as swine. [5 definitions]
route a way, such as a road, by which persons travel or by which goods are shipped or delivered. [4 definitions]
router in computing, a device located where two or more networks meet that transmits and routes data from one network to another.
routine standard or customary procedure or course of action. [7 definitions]
routinely regularly; habitually.