round up
Collect the scattered
Round up means to gather scattered things or people into one place: The cowboys rounded up the cattle.
Police round up suspects; teachers round up students.
In math, to round up is to adjust a number to the next higher value: Round 4.3 up to 5.
A roundup is the noun—a cattle roundup, a news roundup, a roundup of the week's events.
Bring items together
- assembleJoin parts together
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- musterAssemble for inspection
- marshalArrange in proper order
bring in · herd together · pull together · convene · congregate · amass · accumulate · compile
Fenced livestock enclosure
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- herdGrazing animals together
- flockAnimals gathered together
sheepdog · lasso · ranch · cowboy · drover · wrangler · shepherd · pen
Brief review of events
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- overviewBroad general summary
- digestMetabolize or summarize
briefing · highlights · review · debrief · retrospective · encapsulation · compilation · rundown
Nearly accurate but inexact
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- nearestClosest in distance
- integerNumber lacking fractions
decimal · truncate · significant figures · place value · floating point · precision · digit · calculation
Hold in custody
- apprehendSeize or understand
- bustFailure or sculpture
- raidSudden armed incursion
- sweepBrush clean with broom
dragnet · crackdown · sting · warrant · fugitive · suspect · patrol · squad
Fill with gas
- padCushioned writing surface
- boostUpward push or increase
- bump upIncrease or promote informally
- overestimateJudge as greater than
approximate · fudge · exaggerate · markup · elevate · raise
collect
Bring items together
marshal · bring in · herd together · pull together · convene · congregate · amass · accumulate · compile · consolidate
corral
Fenced livestock enclosure
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- herdGrazing animals together
flock · sheepdog · lasso · ranch · cowboy · drover · wrangler · shepherd · pen · stockyard
recap
Brief review of events
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- overviewBroad general summary
digest · briefing · highlights · review · debrief · retrospective · encapsulation · compilation · rundown · summary
approximate
Nearly accurate but inexact
integer · decimal · truncate · significant figures · place value · floating point · precision · digit · calculation · arithmetic
detain
Hold in custody
sweep · dragnet · crackdown · sting · warrant · fugitive · suspect · patrol · squad · operation
inflate
Fill with gas
overestimate · approximate · fudge · exaggerate · markup · elevate · raise
- gathering verbsgather, collect, accumulate, amass, compile
- math expressionsdo the math, add up, crunch numbers, number crunching, number cruncher
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- carnival ridesFerris wheel, carousel, bumper cars, tilt-a-whirl, scrambler
- bring infetch, carry, gather, collect, haul