ROUND UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Seek out and bring together

Example:

round up some loyal followers

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "round up" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to round up the prisoners

Derivation:

roundup (the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police)

roundup (the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold)