ROUND UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does round up mean? 

• ROUND UP (verb)
  The verb ROUND UP has 1 sense:

1. seek out and bring together

  Familiarity information: ROUND UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROUND UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seek out and bring together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

round up some loyal followers

Hypernyms (to "round up" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to round up the prisoners

Derivation:

roundup (the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police)

roundup (the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold)