round-up

Summary or gather

A round-up is a gathering of scattered things into one place.

Cowboys conduct round-ups of cattle on the range.

Police round up suspects.

A news round-up collects the day's top stories: Here's your morning round-up.

The verb phrase is two words: They rounded up the usual suspects.

Also spelled roundup.

cattle

herding

Managing animal groups

ranch · lasso · stockyard · branding · droving · mustang · rodeo · cattle drive · pen · chute

summary

recap

Brief review of events

briefing · news · weekly · headlines · wrap-up · bulletin · update · review · synopsis · compilation

gathering

assembly

Constructing from components

raid · detention · suspects · fugitives · crackdown · dragnet · apprehension · manhunt · suspects · police

herbicide

Monsanto

Agricultural biotechnology corporation

agriculture · crops · farming · Bayer · lawsuit · cancer · carcinogen · pesticide · GMO · resistant

Categories
Opposites
gathering vs. dispersing

round-updispersal

Spreading in many directions

scattering · release · dispersion · scatter · letting go

numerical rounding direction

round-upround down

Approximate toward zero

truncate · floor · truncation

summary scope

round-updeep dive

Comprehensive examination of topic

in-depth analysis · close-up · spotlight · profile

Family

roundups

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G