Round out (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make roundplay

Example:

round the edges

Synonyms:

round; round off; round out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "round out" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "round out"):

purse (contract one's lips into a rounded shape)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Express as a round numberplay

Example:

round off the amount

Synonyms:

round; round down; round off; round out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "round out" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make bigger or better or more completeplay

Synonyms:

fill out; round out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "round out" is one way to...):

enrich (make better or improve in quality)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Fill outplay

Example:

These studies round out the results of many years of research

Synonyms:

finish out; round out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "round out" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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