digress
Definition: (verb) to wander from the main path or the main topic.
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round
adjective
- Having the shape of a curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point: annular, circular, globoid, globular, spheric, spherical. See
geometry
- Well-rounded and full in form: chubby, plump
1, plumpish, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, tubby, zaftig. See
fat
- Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound: mellow, orotund, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, sonorous, vibrant. See
sounds
- Not more or less: complete, entire, full, good, perfect, whole. See
part, precise
noun
- Something bent: bend, bow
2, crook, curvature, curve, turn. See
straight
- A course, process, or journey that ends where it began or repeats itself: circle, circuit, cycle, orbit, tour, turn. See
repetition
- A number of things placed or occurring one after the other: chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train.
Informal: streak. See
order
- A course of action to be followed regularly. Often used in plural: routine, track. See
usual
- An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter: beat, circuit, route. See
territory
verb
- To swerve from a straight line: angle
2, arc, arch, bend, bow
2, crook, curve, turn. See
straight
- To supply what is lacking. Off or out: complement, complete, fill in or
out
, supplement. See
agree, part
phrasal verb
round up
- To bring together: assemble, call, cluster, collect
1, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, summon. See
collect
adverb
- In or toward a former location or condition: about, around, back, backward, backwards, rearward. See
approach
- From one end to the other: around, over, through, throughout. See
part
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