unround
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1un·round
transitive verb \ˌən-ˈrau̇nd\Definition of UNROUND
1
: to pronounce (a sound) without lip rounding or with decreased lip rounding
2
: to spread (the lips) laterally <necessary to unround the lips in pronouncing \ē\>
First Known Use of UNROUND
1874
Rhymes with UNROUND
abound, aground, around, astound, background, bloodhound, boozehound, brassbound, break ground, campground, chowhound, clothbound, come round, compound, confound, coonhound, deerhound, deskbound, dumbfound, earthbound, eastbound, elkhound, expound, fairground, fogbound, foot-pound, foreground, foxhound, gain ground, go-round, greyhound, half-bound, hardbound, hellhound, hidebound, high ground, homebound, horehound, housebound, icebound, impound, inbound, ironbound, lose ground, newfound, newshound, northbound, outbound, playground, pot-bound, profound, propound, rebound, redound, renowned, resound, rockbound, rock hound, scent hound, sight hound, sleuthhound, smooth hound, snowbound, softbound, southbound, spellbound, staghound, stone-ground, stormbound, strikebound, surround, to ground, top round, unbound, unsound, well-found, westbound, wolfhound, year-round
2unround
adjectiveDefinition of UNROUND
: pronounced with the lips not rounded
First Known Use of UNROUND
1958
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