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ROUND OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
round the edges
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "round off" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "round off"):
purse (contract one's lips into a rounded shape)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
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 off" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
Example:
polish your social manners
Synonyms:
brush up; polish; polish up; round; round off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "round off" is one way to...):
hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something