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**Round-head** /'raundhed/ n someone who supported Parliament against the King in the English Civil War in the 17th century ➔ compare CAVALIER
**round-ish** /'raundI$/ adj fairly or rather round in shape
**round-ly** /'raundli/ adv fml 1 completely: *We were roundly defeated.* 2 strongly and forcefully: *The new tax law has been roundly condemned by the Opposition.*
**round 'robin** n 1 a letter expressing opinions or complaints, which is signed by many people and sent in to an official body 2 a competition in which each player or team plays against each of the other players or teams
**rounds** /raundz/ n 1 the tour or usual visits one makes as part of one's job: *The doctor is doing his rounds/out on his rounds.* (=visiting sick people) 2 go the rounds BrE || do the rounds AmE infml (especially of news or illness) to be passed on; CIRCULATE: *There's a very nasty kind of flu going the rounds this winter.*
**round-'shouldered** adj derog having shoulders that are bent forwards or slope downwards
**rounds-man** /'raundzmən/ n pl -men /mən/ especially BrE a man employed by a shop to go round delivering goods to people's houses: *the baker's roundsman*
**round-table** adj [A] at which all the people present meet in an equal way and have equal importance: *a round-table discussion/conference*
**Round Table, the** 1 the table at which King Arthur and his KNIGHTS sat, according to old stories. As it was round, all the places at it were equal. ➔ see ARTHURIAN LEGEND 2 a CHARITY organization for men under 40, who hold meetings and do work for their local areas. It is related to the ROTARY CLUB, whose members are usually a little older.
**round-the-clock** adj [A] done or happening all the time, both day and night: *The police kept a round-the-clock watch on the house.* ➔ see also around/round the clock (CLOCK)
**round trip** n a journey to a place and back again: *The round trip took just over an hour.*
**round-trip** adj AmE (of a ticket or its cost) for a round trip; RETURN: *a round-trip ticket*
**round-up** /'raundʌp/ n a gathering or bringing together of scattered things, animals, or people: *There's been a police roundup of all the suspects.* | a cattle roundup (=by men on horses) | *There'll be a news roundup* (=giving the main points of the news) *before the station goes off the air.* ➔ see also ROUND UP
**round-worm** /'raundwɜm||-wːrm/ n a small round PARASITE that lives in the bodies of animals and sometimes humans
**rouse** /rauz/ v [T] 1 [(from, out of)] fml to waken: *The noise roused me (from/out of a deep sleep).* 2 [(from, out of, to)] to make more active, interested, or excited: *The speaker tried to rouse his listeners to action/from their apathy.* | *I warn you, he's dangerous when he's roused!* (=when something makes him angry) ➔ see also AROUSE
**rous-ing** /'rauzIŋ/ adj that makes people excited and eager; STIRRING: *a rousing speech about freedom* | *a rousing chorus of 'Rule Britannia'*
**Rous-seau, Jean-Jacques** /'ru:səu||ru:'sɑː, ɑ̃ ʒak|| ʒɑːn ɑːk/ (1712-78) a French writer and PHILOSOPHER, born in Switzerland, whose book *The Social Contract* developed the idea that governments must always work according to the wishes of the people. His work had a great influence on the French Revolution, and he invented the phrase, 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity', which was later used by people who supported the Revolution. He is also known for writing about the NOBLE SAVAGE.
**roust** /raust/ v [T] to get someone out of a place: *Go roust your brother out of bed.*
**rous-ta-about** /'raustəbaut/ n AmE a man who does heavy unskilled work, especially a) at a seaport or in an oil field, or b) in a CIRCUS
**rout¹** /raut/ n a complete defeat and disorderly running away: *the total rout of the enemy forces* | *We put the enemy to rout.* (=beat them and drove them away) | (fig.) *The match was an utter rout; we lost 15–0.*
**rout²** v [T] to defeat completely and drive away: *They routed the enemy.* | (fig.) *Our party was routed at the election.*
**rout sbdy. ⇔ out** phr v ['T(of)] infml to force or drive (someone) out of somewhere they ought not to be: *Harry's been in the bath long enough – go and rout him out!*
**route¹** /ruːt||ruːt, raʊt/ n a chosen direction or line of travel between one place and another: *What's the shortest route from London to Cambridge?* | *The school is on a bus route.* (=buses go past and stop) | *to plan one's route* | *the busy transatlantic air routes* | (fig.) *the surest route to disaster/to success* ➔ see also EN ROUTE, RED ROUTE, SNOW ROUTE, TRADE ROUTE
**route²** v [T+obj+adv/prep] to send by a particular route: *They routed the goods through Italy/by way of Germany.*
**Route 66** /ruːt sɪksti 'sɪks|| ˌruːt- ˌraʊt-/ a famous road in the US that is mentioned in books, films, and songs. It was built in the early 1930s, and was the first road to go across the US, from Chicago to Los Angeles.
**'route march** n a long march by soldiers in training
**rout-er** /'ruːtə/ n tech a piece of electronic equipment that makes sending messages between different computers or between different networks easier and faster
**rou-tine¹** /ruː'tiːn/ n 1 [C,U] (a) regular and habitual way of working or doing things: *The security men changed their usual routine and collected the money at a different time.* | *She longed to escape from the same old familiar routine.* | *the stultifying routine of housework* 2 [C] a set of steps learnt and practised by a dancer for public performance: *a dance routine* 3 [C] a set of instructions given to a computer to carry out a particular operation
**rou-tine²** /ruː'tiːn/ adj 1 regular; according to what is always habitually done; not special: *It's just a routine medical examination, nothing to get worried about.* | *routine maintenance* | *routine police inquiries* 2 derog not unusual or exciting: *a dull, routine job* —**ly** adv
**roux** /ruː/ n pl. **roux** /ruː/ [C,U] (a) liquid mixture of fat and flour used for thickening soups and SAUCES
**rove** /rəʊv/ v [I;T] especially lit to wander; move continually (around): *His eyes roved about the crowded room, looking for the mysterious stranger.* | *a roving reporter*
**Rove, Karl** /kɑːl||kɑːrl/ (1950–) a US Republican political STRATEGIST, who worked for George W. Bush during his election CAMPAIGN. After the election, he became an ASSISTANT and ADVISOR to President Bush.
**rov-er** /'rəʊvə/ n lit a wanderer
**Rover¹** trademark a type of car made by the MG ROVER car company
**Rover²** a name that is supposed to be a common name for a dog, although in fact dogs are rarely called this ➔ see also FIDO
**Rover's Re'turn, the** the PUB in the British television SOAP OPERA CORONATION STREET, where many of the characters often meet
**roving com'mission** n 1 tech permission, given to a person who is inquiring (officially) into a matter, to travel when necessary 2 infml a job or piece of work that takes one to many places
**roving 'eye** n [S] infml used to say that someone is always looking for the chance to have sexual relationships: *Her husband's got a roving eye.*
**row¹** /rəʊ/ n 1 [(of)] a neat line (of people or things) side by side: *a row of houses* | *a row of cups on a shelf* | *We sat in the third row of the stalls.* (=in a theatre etc) | *The children stood in a row.* | *Plant the seedlings in parallel rows.* 2 **in a row** one after the other without a break: *She won the competition three times in a row.*
**row²** /rəʊ/ v [I;T] 1 to move (a boat) through the water with OARS (=long poles with flat ends): *Can you row (a boat)?* | *a rowing club* ➔ see BOAT (USAGE) and see colour photo on page A44 2 [(+obj)+adv/prep] to travel or carry in this way: *We rowed down to the island.* | *He rowed us across the lake.* —**er**
**row³** /rəʊ/ n [C usually sing.] a trip or journey in a ROWING BOAT
**row⁴** /raʊ/ n BrE infml 1 [C] a) a noisy quarrel: *He's always having rows with his wife.* b) a public argument in which charges of wrongdoing and opposing views are exchanged; a DISPUTE or CONTROVERSY: *The Prime Minister is at the centre*