📖 R — The English dictionary · page 51

roughness — Everyday, meaning 1: The roughness of something is how uneven or harsh its surface feels, the opposite of smoothness.↗ Example: She ran her hand over the cloth and found no roughness.↗ · The roughness of the bark scratched my hand.↗ · Sand paper has more roughness than silk.↗

round — Everyday, meaning 1: A round is one turn of a game, a race, a quiz or a test: the first round.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Round means shaped like a circle or a ball: a round plate.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Round (or around) means on every side, or in a circle: go round the park.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To round a number is to change it to the nearest ten, hundred and so on: 47 rounds to 50.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To round a corner or headland means to go all the way around it.↗ Example: Round 1: 14 of 20 right.↗ · Sam scored 5 points in the first round and 8 in the second round.↗ · There are 4 rounds with 6 questions in each round.↗ · A ball is round.↗ · The Earth goes round the Sun.↗ · Round 38 to the nearest ten: 40.↗ · Come round to my house after school.↗ · We sat round the campfire.↗ · Let's give them a round of applause!↗ · Wait till you’ve rounded the Horn.↗ · All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.↗ (Torah EXO.38.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And when it was killed, Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about.↗ (Torah LEV.8.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.↗ (Torah EXO.37.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Round about his teeth is terror.↗ (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.89.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.↗ (Prophets JDG.20.29, JPS 1917)↗

roundabout — Everyday, meaning 1: A roundabout (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) is a circular junction where cars go around a middle island and leave at different roads (in the USA often a «traffic circle» or «rotary»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A roundabout in a playground is a round platform that spins while children ride on it (US: merry-go-round).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A roundabout can be a fairground merry-go-round with horses.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Roundabout as an adjective means not direct: a roundabout way.↗ Example: Take the second exit at the roundabout.↗ · We spun round and round on the playground roundabout.↗ · Hold on tight on the roundabout!↗ · The bus went round the roundabout.↗ · She told the story in a roundabout way.↗ · Cars on the roundabout have right of way.↗ · There was a certain town, the road to which was a very roundabout one.↗ · And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people in a roundabout way by the hill-side.↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.34, JPS 1917)↗

rounders — Everyday, meaning 1: A bat-and-ball game played in the UK and Ireland, a bit like baseball, where players hit a ball and run around four posts.↗ Example: We played rounders on the field.↗ · I scored a rounder!↗ · Rounders is a summer game.↗ · Hold the rounders bat with one hand.↗ · Run to the first post when you hit the ball.↗ · Our class won the rounders match.↗ · Rounders is a bit like baseball.↗

rounding — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A rounded curve of the body, here the smooth curve of the thighs.↗ Example: The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.↗ (Writings SNG.7.2, JPS 1917)↗

roundish — Everyday, meaning 1: Almost round, but not quite a perfect circle or ball.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a number) Roughly a round number.↗ Example: The beetle has a roundish body.↗ · We found a smooth roundish pebble on the beach.↗ · Draw a roundish blob for the head.↗ · The leaves are roundish with wavy edges.↗ · Let's meet at roundish five o'clock — about then.↗ · Potatoes come in roundish and long shapes.↗

roundly — Everyday, meaning 1: Roundly means plainly and openly, without holding back: he declared roundly that he would not go.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Roundly also means severely or thoroughly: she scolded him roundly.↗ Example: “I do not understand this,” Finnian declared roundly.↗ · His mother abused him roundly.↗ · The theory was roundly rejected by everyone.↗

roundness — Everyday, meaning 1: The quality of being round or curved like a circle or ball.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A full, smooth quality, for example of a sound or a taste.↗ Example: The roundness of the ball helps it roll.↗ · The Earth's roundness was known to the ancient Greeks.↗ · Pebbles get their roundness from being rolled by water.↗ · The artist shaded the apple to show its roundness.↗ · The roundness of the cello's sound was lovely.↗ · We measured the roundness of each orange.↗ · Even the moon is not always perfect in shape, but loses its roundness with time, and flowers bloom and then fade.↗

rouse — Everyday, meaning 1: To wake someone up.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make someone feel a strong emotion like anger or excitement, or make them act: rouse a crowd.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Australia, informal) "Rouse on" someone means to tell them off.↗ Example: The alarm roused me at six o'clock.↗ · The barking dog roused the whole street.↗ · The captain's speech roused the team to win.↗ · His strange behaviour roused suspicion.↗ · We sang a rousing song at the end of assembly.↗ · (Australia) Mum roused on me for leaving the gate open.↗ · Then Marzavan awoke and roused the prince without disturbing anyone else.↗ · They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.↗ (Torah DEU.32.16, JPS 1917)↗ · He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?↗ (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917)↗ · He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?↗ (Torah NUM.24.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.↗ (Writings JOB.3.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.↗ (Writings PSA.35.23, JPS 1917)↗ · So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.↗ (Writings JOB.14.12, JPS 1917)↗

rout — Everyday, meaning 1: A rout is a complete defeat in which the losing side runs away in confusion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To rout someone is to drive them away and defeat them completely.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb, with «out») To rout out is to find and drive someone out of hiding.↗ Example: A great rout overwhelmed the Mice.↗ · The Mice scattered in rout.↗ · The Bull could not rout out the Mouse from its hole.↗

route — Everyday, meaning 1: A route is the way you go to get from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A bus route is the set way a bus takes, with its stops.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To route something is to send it a certain way.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To route an enemy is to defeat them so badly that they run away in disorder.↗ Example: The bus route is 18 km long.↗ · The short route is 5 km less.↗ · There are 12 stops on the route.↗ · Which route is shorter?↗ · Plan the safest route to school with your family.↗ · Our route went over the bridge and past the park.↗ · Learn the fire escape route from your classroom.↗ · The parcel was routed through London.↗ · The emperor fell on him when he was off his guard, and routed his army completely.↗

router — Everyday, meaning 1: A router is a small box that connects your computers, phones and tablets to the internet and to each other, often by Wi-Fi.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A router is also a power tool that cuts shapes and grooves in wood.↗ Example: The Wi-Fi password is on a sticker on the router.↗ · Try turning the router off and on again.↗ · The router has little green lights that blink.↗ · Dad moved the router upstairs so the signal is stronger.↗ · A router sends information to the right device.↗ · The carpenter used a router to shape the table's edge.↗

routine — Everyday, meaning 1: The usual order in which you do things every day, like a morning routine: wake up, wash, dress, eat breakfast.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A set of movements practised and performed, like a dance or gymnastics routine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, routine means ordinary, regular and normal: a routine check-up.↗ Example: My morning routine starts with brushing my teeth.↗ · A bedtime routine helps me fall asleep.↗ · We practised our dance routine for the show.↗ · The dentist did a routine check-up.↗ · Feeding the cat is part of my daily routine.↗ · The gymnast's routine was perfect.↗ · Holidays break our usual routine.↗ · The fire drill is a routine practice; there is no real fire.↗

routinely — Everyday, meaning 1: As a normal, regular part of what happens; usually.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Often, as a habit, without special reason.↗ Example: The nurse routinely checks our height and weight.↗ · Planes are routinely inspected before flights.↗ · Our teacher routinely takes the register at nine.↗ · He routinely forgets his PE kit.↗ · Seat belts are now routinely worn by everyone.↗ · Scientists routinely repeat their experiments.↗

roux — Everyday, meaning 1: (cooking) A roux is a mixture of melted butter (or fat) and flour cooked together, used to thicken sauces, soups and gravy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Roux is also a French word meaning reddish-brown; it is a French surname too.↗ Example: Melt the butter, add the flour, and stir to make a roux.↗ · Slowly whisk milk into the roux for a smooth white sauce.↗ · A roux thickens the gravy.↗ · Cook the roux for a minute so it doesn't taste of flour.↗ · Gumbo in Louisiana starts with a dark brown roux.↗ · Our cheese sauce was lumpy because the roux was too hot.↗ · Use the same amount of butter and flour for a roux.↗

rove — Everyday, meaning 1: To rove is to wander about from place to place with no fixed plan or home.↗ Example: He will rove unless you tie him to a post.↗ · They roved about the open country.↗ · He roves about the palace garden.↗

rover — Everyday, meaning 1: A rover is a vehicle that drives around on the surface of another planet or the Moon to explore it, like the Mars rovers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A rover is a person or animal that wanders from place to place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Rover is an old-fashioned common name for a pet dog, used in jokes and stories.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A Rover Scout is an older member of the Scouts in some countries.↗ Example: The rover took photos of red rocks on Mars.↗ · Engineers on Earth send instructions to the rover.↗ · A message takes minutes to travel from Earth to the rover.↗ · The lunar rover carried astronauts across the Moon.↗ · We built a model rover out of a shoebox and bottle tops.↗ · The old sailor had been a rover all his life.↗ · «Come here, Rover!» called the farmer.↗ · The rover's wheels got stuck in the sand.↗ · Ralph the Rover walked the deck.↗

roving — Everyday, meaning 1: Roving means wandering from place to place without a fixed home or plan.↗ Example: The robbers' mules were roving about with chests on their backs.↗ · She went roving through the wide world.↗ · A roving band of travellers came to the town.↗

row — Everyday, meaning 1: A row is a line of things or people side by side: a row of chairs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To row is to move a boat through water using oars.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «In a row» means one after the other with no break: three wins in a row.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A row (said like «cow») is a noisy quarrel; to row is to argue loudly.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In a table or spreadsheet a row goes across; a column goes down.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «A tough row to hoe» (US) means a hard job; «kick up a row» (UK) means complain loudly; «what's all this row?» means what's the noise.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rough) «Have a blazing row», «get a row» (Ireland, Scotland: get told off) means a loud, angry fight or a telling-off.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) The exam voice says «a linear arrangement», «a rank», «a tier», «consecutively» (in a row), «an altercation» (a quarrel).↗ Example: There are 2 rows of books with 7 books in every row.↗ · Mia plants 4 rows of tulips with 5 tulips in each row.↗ · 24 chairs are set in 3 equal rows.↗ How many chairs are in each row?↗ · I sit in the front row in class.↗ · Rows go across; columns go up and down.↗ · We rowed the boat across the lake.↗ · Always wear a life jacket when you row a boat.↗ · It rained three days in a row.↗ · My brothers had a row about the TV.↗ · you'll get a right row if you're late again↗ · 5 rows of 4 chairs, sorry, 6 rows, how many chairs↗ · Twenty-four seats are arranged in 3 rows of equal length; determine the number of seats per row.↗ · They leaped into it, and rowed swiftly away.↗ · and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917)↗ · and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.↗ (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917)↗ · The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.↗ (Writings 2CH.4.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.↗ (Prophets 1KI.7.4, JPS 1917)↗ · They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.↗ (Writings JOB.24.11, JPS 1917)↗