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Verb
S:
(v)
round
(wind around; move along a circular course)
"round the bend"
S:
(v)
round
,
round out
,
round off
(make round)
"round the edges"
S:
(v)
round
,
labialize
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labialise
(pronounce with rounded lips)
S:
(v)
attack
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round
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assail
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lash out
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snipe
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assault
(attack in speech or writing)
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
S:
(v)
polish
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round
,
round off
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polish up
,
brush up
(bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state)
"polish your social manners"
S:
(v)
round off
,
round down
,
round out
,
round
(express as a round number)
"round off the amount"
S:
(v)
round
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flesh out
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fill out
(become round, plump, or shapely)
"The young woman is fleshing out"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
rounded
(curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
"low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"