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Roundup

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Noun

1. roundup

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

2. roundup

a summary list; as in e.g.

Example Sentences:
'a news roundup'

3. roundup

the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police

Example Sentences:
'a mass roundup of suspects'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Roundup

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noun
1. US
the act of gathering together livestock, esp cattle, so that they may be branded, counted, or sold
What is it that keeps a cowboy ready for another roundup?
They'd been on a roundup, getting cattle back to the ranch.
2. 
any similar act of collecting or bringing together
an election roundup from New York
First, we have this roundup of the day's news.
3. 
a collection of suspects or criminals by the police, esp in a raid
Roundups of westerners are still taking place.
roundups of terrorism suspects

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Roundup

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noun
1.  US
a. 
the act of driving cattle, etc. together on the range and collecting them in a herd, as for branding, inspection, or shipping
b. 
the herd of cattle, etc. thus collected
c. 
the cowboys, horses, etc. that do this work
2.  US
any similar driving together, collecting, or gathering
a roundup of suspected persons
3.  US
a summary, as of information, news, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Roundup

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n.
1.
a. The herding together of cattle for inspection, branding, or shipping.
b. The cattle so herded.
c. The workers and horses employed in such herding.
2. A gathering up, as of people under suspicion by the police.
3. A summary: a news roundup.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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