'Round about' definitions:
Definition of 'Round about'
From: GCIDE
- Round \Round\, prep. On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass. [1913 Webster]
- The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle." --Num. xi. 24.
- To come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'round about'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about,
- again,
- all over,
- all round,
- all through,
- anticlockwise,
- around,
- at about,
- back,
- backward,
- by,
- by way of,
- circlewise,
- circuitously,
- clockwise,
- close,
- close about,
- counterclockwise,
- deviously,
- every which way,
- everywhence,
- everywhere,
- everywhither,
- from every quarter,
- head over heels,
- heels over head,
- in a circle,
- in a spin,
- in a whirl,
- in all directions,
- in circles,
- in every quarter,
- in reverse,
- in the neighborhood,
- in the vicinity,
- indirectly,
- obliquely,
- on every side,
- over,
- passing by,
- passing through,
- round,
- round and round,
- through,
- throughout,
- via,
- widdershins
Words containing 'Round about'
- All round,
- Round,
- Round up,
- Rounded,
- Rounding,
- Roundly,
- Roundness,
- To round in,
- To round to,
- round and round,
- round down,
- round off,
- round out,
- All-round,
- At a round rate,
- Counter round,
- Gentlemen of the round,
- Half round,
- In round numbers,
- Quarter round,
- Round Hill,
- Round Lake,
- Round Mountain,
- Round Rock,
- Round Table,
- Round Top,
- Round Valley,
- Round bodies,
- Round clam,
- Round dance,
- Round game,
- Round gang,
- Round hand,
- Round of beef,
- Round robin,
- Round shot,
- Round steak,
- Round tower,
- Round trot,
- Round turn,
- Round-up,
- Sculpture in the round,
- To come round,
- To luff round,
- To pay round,
- To turn round,
- Way of the rounds,
- ask round,
- bottom round,
- bring round,
- circle round,
- come round,
- daily round,
- paper round,
- pull round,
- rally round,
- round angle,
- round arch,
- round bone,
- round dancing,
- round file,
- round kumquat,
- round of drinks,
- round of golf,
- round scad,
- round shape,
- round the bend,
- round the clock,
- round trip,
- round whitefish,
- round window,
- rounding error,
- theater in the round,
- top round,
- wear round,
- Knights of the Round Table,
- Little Round Lake,
- Round Hill, VA,
- Round Lake Beach,
- Round Lake Heights,
- Round Lake Park,
- Round Lake, IL,
- Round Lake, MN,
- Round Lake, NY,
- Round Mountain, CA,
- Round Mountain, TX,
- Round Rock, AZ,
- Round Rock, TX,
- Round Top, TX,
- Round Valley, CA,
- Round-arm,
- Round-backed,
- Round-shouldered,
- To bring one round,
- To bring up with a round turn,
- To swing round the circle,
- knight of the round table,
- moon-round,
- round ligament of the uterus,
- round-bottom,
- round-bottomed,
- round-eyed,
- round-faced,
- round-fruited,
- round-robin,
- round-the-clock,
- well-rounded,
- whip-round,
- year-round,
- Half-round hoop,
- Little Round Lake, WI,
- Merry-go-round,
- Round Lake Beach, IL,
- Round Lake Heights, IL,
- Round Lake Park, IL,
- To bring up any one with a round turn,
- king arthur's round table,
- round-bottom flask,
- round-headed leek,
- round-spored gyromitra,
- round-table conference,
- round-tailed muskrat,
- round-the-clock patrol,
- round-trip ticket,
- round-leaved rein orchid,
- round-trip light time,
- Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village,
- Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village, NV