Synonyms for rounded

Grammar : Adj

Spell : roun-did

Phonetic Transcription : ˈraʊn dɪd

Définition of rounded

Origin : late 13c., from Anglo-French rounde, Old French roont (12c., Modern French rond), probably originally *redond, from Vulgar Latin *retundus (cf. Provençal redon, Spanish redondo, Old Italian ritondo), from Latin rotundus "like a wheel, circular, round," related to rota "wheel" (see rotary).
As an adverb from c.1300; as a preposition from c.1600. In many uses it is a shortened form of around. The French word is the source of Middle Dutch ront (Dutch rond), Middle High German runt (German rund) and similar Germanic words.
Of numbers from mid-14c., from earlier sense "full, complete, brought to completion" (mid-14c., notion of symmetry extended to that of completeness). First record of round trip is from 1844, originally of railways. Round heels attested from 1926, in reference to incompetent boxers, 1927 in reference to loose women, in either case implying an inability to avoid ending up flat on one's back.

adj curved

Example sentences :

We aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national life.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

They rounded the point of cliffs, and the village lay before them.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Love swelled the swan-like neck, and moulded the rounded limb.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He rounded a bend of the road, and came full upon a remarkable vision.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

He liked their rounded sentences, and caught their conventional phrases.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

As he rounded it Frank uttered a half-suppressed exclamation.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

This wind should bring her up if she has rounded Combe-Martin Point.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

What they saw was a tiny, tiny mound, rounded symmetrically.
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

As he rounded the house to the porte-cochère, he came upon the carriage.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Cones they looked like, rather, with rounded tops and fluted walls.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

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