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Roundup

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.
Noun
  1. 1
    An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped. US
  2. 2
    the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police wordnet
  3. 3
    The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
  4. 4
    the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold wordnet
  5. 5
    The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.

    "Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place the previous fall."

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  1. 6
    a summary list; as in e.g. ‘a news roundup’ wordnet
  2. 7
    The summary to a news bulletin.

    "The BBC is to launch its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question Time.\"

  3. 8
    An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
  4. 9
    The finishing of an arrangement.

Etymology

Deverbal from round up.

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