Commentary:
NOTE: compare carefully to sense 2; in this sense, there is actual movement of a theme along a path
Examples:
As she rounded a corner she could see the same man.
I could see the new pickup she was driving as she rounded a curve on the gravel road.
I rounded the bend on the Crabtree Creek greenway, perhaps going a tad over the posted speed limit.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary:
NOTE: compare carefully to sense 1; in this sense, the 'rounding' describes the shape and location of the path, not actual movement
Examples:
The view as the road rounded was breathtaking.
The path rounded the hill and came to a fork.
Just where the river rounded the hill the sun caught it.
Mappings:
VerbNet: meander-47.7
FrameNet: Path_shape
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Includes: ROUND OFF, ROUND OUT
Examples:
They rounded off the edges with a sander.
Picasso in 1905 rounded out the sharp faces of his Blue period figures.
She held the sculpture and felt how the sides rounded, the edges inflected.
We took a standard APEX scull blade and rounded the edges to approximate a delta shape.
Regular meals had softened the chiseled bones in her face and rounded out the sharp angles of her body.
Mappings:
VerbNet: bend-45.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 7
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
round_out 4
round_off 1
Commentary: Includes: ROUND OFF, ROUND OUT
Examples:
Tahini rounded out the sharp nearly discordant edges marrying the favors into a lovely whole.
The passage to India has rounded out the sharp corners for the Western palate.
Despite the aforementioned flaws rounded off by amateurish editing, the game is brainless fun.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
round_off 2
Examples:
She rounded on the new boy and said that he had no idea what he was talking about.
He rounded on her with the full force of those penetrating eyes.
Even though her pack of attack dogs rounded on me, I kept beating them off.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: Includes: ROUND DOWN, ROUND OFF, ROUND OUT, ROUND UP
Examples:
Please round your answer to three decimals.
When entering time on your time sheet, round to the nearest quarter-hour.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
round_out 3
round_down 1
round_off 3
Commentary: Includes: ROUND OFF, ROUND OUT
Examples:
The day is rounded off with the breaking of the fast through a special dinner.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: round.01
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
round_out 1, 2
Commentary: Includes: ROUND UP
Examples:
I've rounded up some simple tips and tutorials for the conference..
Kay has rounded up a bunch of great articles on our tax system.
The police rounded up all the suspects.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: round.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
round_up 1
Examples:
Vaz rounded his vowels to make himself sound wronged.
He rounded his vowels and the resulting 'educated' accent made him sound British.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3