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rounding to

rounding to is the present participle and gerund of round to.

Meaning of round to

Verb

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

  1. (dated, intransitive) To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed.
    • In less than an hour she was close to the reef, where she rounded to, and backed her topsails in order to survey the coast.1857, R. M. Ballantyne, The Coral Island
    Synonyms:
    come to, head up

Questions about rounding to

What is rounding to the present participle and gerund of?
Rounding to is the present participle and gerund of round to.

Words near rounding to in the dictionary

  1. rounding in
  2. rounding off
  3. rounding on
  4. rounding out
  5. rounding the Horn
  6. rounding to
  7. rounding up
  8. rounding upon
  9. roundings
  10. roundish
  11. roundishly

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