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Meaning of round in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall.
To round up (cattle) by riding around them.
US, dated

Examples

“Moncrieff rounded in the slack of the rope and landed the captain most beautifully.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

round off round on round out round the Horn round to round up