"round to" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rounds to [present, singular, third-person], rounding to [participle, present], rounded to [participle, past], rounded to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} round to (third-person singular simple present rounds to, present participle rounding to, simple past and past participle rounded to)
  1. (nautical, intransitive, dated) To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed. Tags: dated, intransitive Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: come to, head up

Inflected forms

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      "form": "rounded to",
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    },
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          "ref": "1857, R. M. Ballantyne, The Coral Island:",
          "text": "In less than an hour she was close to the reef, where she rounded to, and backed her topsails in order to survey the coast.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1899', Henry Billings Brown, The New York\nshe received a signal of two blasts from the steamer Burlington, which, with four barges in tow, had gone down the Canadian side of the river, and was then rounding to at the coal dock on the American side, exhibiting her masthead and green lights to the Conemaugh."
        }
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        "To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed."
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        "(nautical, intransitive, dated) To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "come to"
        },
        {
          "word": "head up"
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        "transport"
      ]
    }
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        },
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      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "head up"
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