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[ adjective ] curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
Examples "low rounded hills" "rounded shoulders" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)By lifting the seat upwards a_little , the weight is taken_off the neck and the back is kept rounded . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Jessica_Packard lifted her head and followed the retreating figure , her eyes resting nearly closed on the unself-conscious rise and fall of the rounded hips . Related terms angular cylindrical egg-shaped cycloid spatulate oblong ringed terete rod-shaped domed disciform ellipsoid auriform parabolic pineal bowfront rotund paraboloidal bicephalous aspheric allantoid annular almond-shaped ellipsoid olive-like hyperboloidal lingulate olivelike plumlike umbrellalike elliptic fat round coiled prolate oblate |
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[ adjective ] a chubby body
Synonyms Examples "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Though his character is broader and more comically rounded than the don , he gives it a firmness and toughness - a sort_of peasant dignity - too . Related terms |
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