Rounding is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ROUNDING in dictionary:

VERB:
• pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction
• alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations
• give a round shape to
• become circular in shape
• pronounce (a vowel) with the lips narrowed and protruded
PREPOSITION:
• on every side of (a focal point)
• (of something abstract) having (the thing mentioned) as a focus
• so as to encircle (someone or something)
• following an approximately circular route past (a corner or obstacle)
• on the other side of (a corner or obstacle)
• so as to hit (something) in passing
• so as to cover or take in the whole area of (a place)
• (of a person's arm or arms) partially encircling (another person) as a gesture of affection
NOUN:
• the process of raising or lowering a number to an approximation which has fewer decimal places
• a circular piece of something
• a thick disc of beef cut from the haunch as a joint.
• an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn
• a regular tour of inspection in which the well-being of those visited is checked
• each of a sequence of sessions in a process, typically characterized by development between one session and another
• a division of a contest such as a boxing or wrestling match.
• each of a succession of stages in a competition, in each of which more candidates are eliminated
• an act of playing all the holes in a golf course once
• a regularly recurring sequence of activities
• a set of drinks bought for all the members of a group, typically as part of a sequence in which each member in turn buys such a set
• a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon.
• a slice of bread
• the quantity of sandwiches made from two slices of bread.
• the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot
• a fixed number of arrows shot from a fixed distance.
• Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.
• Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
• (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
• process in which a number with a fraction is approximated as the closest number up or down
• a journey along a fixed route delivering goods as part of one's job or a job involving such journeys
ADVERB:
• so as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion
• so as to cover or take in the whole area surrounding a particular centre
• so as to reach everyone in a particular group or area
• so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction
• so as to lead in another direction
• used in describing the position of something, typically with regard to the direction in which it is facing or its relation to other items
• used to describe a situation in terms of the relation between people, actions, or events
• so as to surround someone or something
• used in stating the girth of something
• so as to reach a new place or position, typically by moving to the other side of something
• used to convey an ability to navigate or orientate oneself
• used to convey the idea of visiting someone else
• used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity
• so as to give support and companionship
ADJECTIVE:
• shaped like a circle or cylinder
• having a curved shape like part of the circumference of a circle
• shaped like a sphere
• having a curved surface with no sharp projections
• (of a voice) rich and mellow; not harsh
• (of a number) expressed in convenient units rather than exactly, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten
• used to show that a figure has been completely and exactly reached
• (of a sum of money) considerable
• not omitting or disguising anything; frank
• Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
• (of a person's shoulders) bent forward from the line of the back.
• (of a person's body) plump
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to make round
• process in which a number is approximated as the closest number that can be expressed using the number of bits or digits available

Words related to ROUNDING

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Words that contain ROUNDING

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How to use ROUNDING in a sentence

• In an instant, the mass of humanity was afoot and rounding upon them, an active menace.
• Far ahead they could see the procession of their lost companions, just rounding a sharp corner.
• He certainly handled her splendidly in that big storm we had rounding the Cape.
• Driskol and his son now asked me to remain with them and assist in rounding up the cattle preparatory to leaving them for the winter.
• Rounding the curve, Ken found that the ledge widened and merged in the scrub-clad slope opposite the head of the little bay.
• The hills, bold, rounding, and lofty, are covered with wood to their very summit.
• For the other sex, Nature seems to have provided a certain immunity from the necessity of active exercise for the rounding and completion of their bodies.
• Rounding the hills which skirt the Scamander valley upon the east, the army marched past Rhoeteum, Ophrynium, and Dardanus to Abydos.
• He had thus gone some distance when, rounding a bend in the creek, he was surprised to see directly before him the light of a camp fire.
• After giving orders for rounding up the animals, I went on to the quarry with Corporal Dutton.
• I shall not, however, be under the delusion that I am rounding off my theory of aesthetics.
• Two other guards were rounding the corner of the building.
• A few paces beyond him a buttress extended and, rounding it, she found a triangular opening inclosed on three sides by walls, their summits orange with the last sunlight.
• This was the first step in the general rounding up of the conspirators throughout the country.
• Rounding the Cape of Good Hope, they arrived at Madagascar early in 1720, where they only stopped for water and provisions, and then sailed to the coast of Malabar in India.
• He was averse to rounding the stormy Horn in winter.
• Not infrequently scenes, or even single speeches, close with a few rhyming lines, for the purpose of more strongly marking the division, and of giving it more rounding.
• In rounding Point Bradley, there is a rocky shelf that runs off the point for perhaps one hundred yards.
• With a small metal saw cut out these parts and smooth up the edges, rounding them slightly so they will not cut the leather or silk.
• In a little while after we struck this slack water, as we were rounding a point, I saw on a sand bar in the river, five or six elk, standing and looking at us with much curiosity.
• Next morning, upon rounding a point, three full-grown moose were seen ahead, swimming across the river.
• There, far down the drive, just rounding the long turn by the artificial lake, a big blue motor car was speeding up the grade at a good clip.
• Rounding the next point, the cutter opened out the cove beyond.
• In fact, we presently saw him appear in a canoe with his two boys, rounding a little isle.
• After this they continued their southward course, passing the island where Syracuse now stands, and rounding the southern coast of Sicily.
• The river at this spot was broad, but it narrowed suddenly on rounding a bend about a hundred yards away.

Similar words containing ROUND without suffix ing

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