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round out

round out verb: to become rounder or plumper.

Verb

round out (third-person singular simple present rounds out, present participle rounding out, simple past and past participle rounded out)

  1. (intransitive) To become rounder or plumper.
    • It was Bill all right, but he'd really rounded out since I'd last seen him.
  2. (transitive) To make more complete by adding details.
    • Here are some actual figures to round out the basic report.
    • Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally...2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    Synonyms:
    flesh out

Synonyms of round out

Forms of round out

third-person singular presentrounds out
present participlerounding out
past participlerounded out
pastrounded out

Questions about round out

What does round out mean?
Round out means to become rounder or plumper.
What part of speech is round out?
Round out is a verb.
What is the past tense of round out?
The past tense of round out is rounded out.

Words near round out in the dictionary

  1. round of applause
  2. round of beef
  3. round of sixteen
  4. round off
  5. round on
  6. round out
  7. Round Pond
  8. round robin
  9. round robins
  10. Round Rock
  11. round s

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