round up
To collect or gather togetherTo collect or gather (something) together.
» The cowboys rounded up the herd.
Ковбои собрали вместе стадо.
Meaning
4 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To collect or gather (something) together.
The city hall needs to round up all the wrongly parked bikes across the city.
They rounded up a group of experts and got their opinions.
zusammentreiben, zusammentrommeln
сгоня́тьsgonjátʹ, согна́тьsognátʹ, окружа́тьokružátʹ
seek out and bring together
To collect or gather (something) together.
(idiomatic, transitive)To gather (livestock such as cattle, sheep, geese, etc.) together, such as by encircling them.
In the autumn we round up all the hill sheep and bring them down into the barn.
(idiomatic, informal, transitive)To arrest or detain a group of people based on collective (rather than individualized) cause or suspicion, often as a form of targeted persecution.
During the Holocaust, the Nazis rounded up Jews into ghettos and concentration camps.
Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.
(transitive)To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
The total is $24,995 — let's round it up to $25,000.
aufrunden
округля́тьokrugljátʹ, округли́тьokruglítʹ
Examples
20 sentencesThe cowboys rounded up the herd.
ruКовбои собрали вместе стадо.
Sami's men were rounded up and killed.
The cows were rounded up for milking.
The cowboys rounded up the herd of cattle.
ruКовбои собрали вместе стадо.
deDie Viehhirten trieben eine Herde Kühe zusammen.
Flavio’s family was rounded up by the legionnaires.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Forms
rounds up, rounding up, rounded up, rounded up| Base form | round up · to round up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rounds up |
| Present participle | rounding up |
| Past simple | rounded up |
| Past participle | rounded up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- round upзгрупувати, групуватиTo collect or gather (something) together.
- round offвідполірувати, відшліфуватиTo change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid.
- round outзаповнити, заповнюватиTo become rounder or plumper.
- round toдорівнювати, отямитисяTo turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed.
- round onTo turn and attack someone or something.
- round inTo 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.
- round downTo round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
Synonyms
17 synonymsAntonyms
6 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb