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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

round out en · VERB

Meanings

  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 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):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

Coordinates

round off

Hypernyms

fill out

Synonyms

flesh out

Translations (7)

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)