Antonyms for round out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : round

Phonetic Transcription : raʊnd

Definition of round out

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.

As in swell : verb become larger
As in fill out : verb enlarge
As in complete : verb carry out action
As in fatten : verb grow or make bigger; nourish

Example sentences :

We just need her to round out, I was going to say, the atmosphere.
Extract from : « The Girls at Mount Morris » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

To complete it, he had felt that he must round out his days with the woman he loved.
Extract from : « Mistress Anne » by Temple Bailey

Can you think of anything I might add, to round out the tale, as it were?
Extract from : « A New Sensation » by Albert Ross

In other words, you could only round out your life by rubbing shoulders with disreputables.
Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt

The process of taking the round out of a book when the edge is cut.
Extract from : « Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries » by John Cotton Dana

There was nothing left for it but to attempt to round out the night with sleep.
Extract from : « Green Eyes » by Roy J. Snell

The following outline may, therefore, help to round out the picture.
Extract from : « The Training of a Forester » by Gifford Pinchot

When books are cut in boards it is necessary to take the round out of the back.
Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey

I'll stay here and round out a couple of other ideas for his campaign.
Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

This day holds the moment which is to round out the fulness of time.
Extract from : « In the Days of Poor Richard » by Irving Bacheller

Synonyms for round out

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