rounding

1. To shape something into a curve.

   The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.

2. To become shaped into a curve.
3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

   She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.

4. To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

   Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.

5. To turn past a boundary.

   Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.

6. To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

   As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.

7. To advance to home plate.

   And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.

8. To go round, pass, go past.
9. To encircle; to encompass.
10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
11. To do ward rounds.
12. To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
13. To go or turn round; to wheel about.

1. To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
2. To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
2. The numerical value obtained by this process.
3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
4. A rounded surface; a curve.
5. In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.

adjective

Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.