The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ROUND
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More clues leading to the result ROUND
- Eighteen holes, then buy this at the nineteenth?
- One shot in a full game of golf
- Of course, all holes circular
- Drinks stout
- Some toast the good times, in reviews
- In the vicinity of Lourdes he'd hobbled, so appearing to slump?
- Some toast what the milkman does
- Global song in parts
- Full — all holes?
- Fat and happy, in summary
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What does ROUND mean?
ROUND adverb- So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
- So as to surround or be near.
- Nearly; approximately; about.
- From place to place.
- From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
- (with turn, spin etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
- Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
- Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
- Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
- (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.
- Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
- Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
- Near; in the vicinity of.
- At or to various places within.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A stage, level, set of events in a game
- (drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
- A rung, as of a ladder.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A circular dance.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- A vessel filled, as for drinking.
- A round-top.
- A round of beef.
- To shape something into a curve.
- To become shaped into a curve.
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
- To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- To turn past a boundary.
- To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- To advance to home plate.
- To go round, pass, go past.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- To do ward rounds.
- To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
- To go or turn round; to wheel about.
- (physical) Shape.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- Large in magnitude.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Vaulted.
- To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
- To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
- A whisper; whispering.
- Discourse; song.