All round, over the whole place; in every direction. -- All-round, of
general capacity; as, an all-round man. [Colloq.] -- To bring one
round. (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct. (b)
To restore one to health. [Colloq.]
Round (?), prep. On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle;
around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to
wind a cable round a windlass.
The serpent Error twines round human hearts.
Cowper.
Round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses . . . set them
[The elders] round about the tabernacle." Num. xi. 24. -- To come
round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or
deception. [Colloq.]
Round, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rounding.] 1. To
make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex
figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.
Worms with many feet, which round themselves into balls, are bred
chiefly under logs of timber.
Bacon.
The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very
great perfection.
Addison.