I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of round (VI)
1.
a. : the act or process of making or becoming round
b. : the trimming and cutting of hides
c. : the act or result of pronouncing with rounded lips — called also lip-rounding
2. : something that has been made round : a rounded object, surface, or corner
3. : rope rejected for other use and wound round a ship's cable as chafing gear
4. : the expressing of a number with only a convenient degree of exactness (as by dropping decimals beyond a stated number of places or by substituting zeros for final integers)
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of round (VI)
1. : encircling, encompassing
2. : tending towards roundness : becoming round
3. : circling round
4. : of, relating to, or used for trimming or shaping to roundness
a rounding tool