rounding up (Meaning)
rounding up
to gather in or bring together from various quarters, summary entry 2, to collect (as cattle) by circling and driving, the cowboys and ranch personnel engaged in a cattle roundup, to gather in or bring together, the act or process of collecting animals (such as cattle) by riding around them and driving them in, to collect (animals, such as cattle) by means of a roundup, the gathering together of animals (as cows) on the range by riding around them and driving them in, a gathering in of scattered persons or things, a gathering together of scattered persons or things, a summary of information
Synonyms & Antonyms of rounding up
Synonyms:
- compiling
- swarming
- mustering
- piling
- pressing
- huddling
- stacking
- bunching
- organizing
- merging
- batching
- uniting
- herding
- systematizing
- regrouping
- collating
- rallying
- archiving
- balling
- banding
- linking
- flocking
- clustering
- pooling
- heaping
- thronging
- connecting
- arranging
- raising
- scraping (up or together)
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word rounding up
to gather in or bring together from various quarters, summary entry 2, to collect (as cattle) by circling and driving, the cowboys and ranch personnel engaged i
amassing, grouping, getting together, bulking (up), gathering,assembling, picking up, collecting, accumulating, corralling
scattering, breaking up, dissipating, separating, dispersing,splitting (up), sending, dispelling,dissolving, disintegrating
The shepherd was rounding up the sheep into the corral.
The police are rounding up suspects in the robbery case.
The teacher rounded up the class and led them to the assembly.
The doctor rounded up the patients' charts for the day.
