adverb (or adjective)
1. : in full sculptured form unattached to a background : freestanding
an athlete superbly represented in the round
a head shown in the round
— distinguished from relief
2. : with an inclusive or comprehensive view or representation
a wise physician who saw his patients in the round
the flat people of a novelist too little perceptive or skilled to show us humanity in the round
3. : with a centered stage that is surrounded by an audience on all sides
4. of a fish : not eviscerated : whole