round out en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive) To become rounder or plumper.
It was Bill all right, but he'd really rounded out since I'd last seen him.
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(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 and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
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):
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rounding out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rounds out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rounded out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rounded out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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es redondear (To make more complete by adding details) · ru дополня́ть (To make more complete by adding details) · bg придавам завършеност прибавяйки (To make more complete by adding details) · fr compléter (To make more complete by adding details) · pl zaokrąglić (To make more complete by adding details) · pl zaokrąglać (To make more complete by adding details) · nl uitwerken (To make more complete by adding details)