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Definition of Round out

1. Verb. Fill out. "These studies round out the results of many years of research"

2. Verb. Make bigger or better or more complete.

3. Verb. Express as a round number. "Round off the amount"

4. Verb. Make round. "Round the edges"

Definition of Round out

1. Verb. (intransitive) to become rounder, plumper ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make more complete by adding details. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Round Out

round kumquat round ligament round ligament of elbow joint round ligament of femur round ligament of liver round ligament of the uterus round lot round number round numbers round of applause

round of applauses round of drinks round of golf round off round out (current term) round pelvis round pneumonia round pronator muscle round robin round robins

round scad round shape round shot round steak round table round tables round the Horn round the bend round the clock

Literary usage of Round out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"... showed it great favors, -st of Mongolia and Tibet were now part of Manchu Empire. [See MONGOLIA: 1697-1724.] became necessary, however, to round out the ..."

2. Speech-making by Richard Dennis Teall Hollister (1918)
"Most speeches require longer conclusions than those of simple narratives, but in every case the first function of the conclusion is to finish and round out ..."

3. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"To complete ; finish ; — often with out ; as, to round out a career. 3. To fill out to round- . ness or fullness; — often with off'or out; as, to round out ..."

4. The Winston Simplified Dictionary: Including All the Words in Common Use by William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer (1919)
"... finish ; as, to round out a plan; round out a story: fill out smoothly or musically: as, to round out a sentence: ri to become curved, spherical, ..."

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