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roundup

roundup

4 4.6
Gathering farm animals like cattle so they can be counted or sold
  • noun
  • /ˈraʊndʌp/
  • US
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  • The cowboys prepared for the annual roundup to gather and brand the cattle before winter.
  • cattle roundup

Examples

  • A ranch sure is a deserted-looking place during a roundup.

    Big Jake (1971)

  • We lost Seven percent of our stock between spring roundup and shipment in the fall last year to rustlers.

    The Missouri Breaks (1976)

  • "Oh, look at the horses; it looks like a roundup.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Twenty Georgia companies reported for duty just days ahead of the roundup.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Sixteen horses lost their lives in the roundup of Triple B.

    Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2022)

  • Some of the horses are wounded in transit or during the roundup.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Perhaps the most dramatic event was a wild horse roundup at Duckwater in August 1990.

    Academic text (1992)

  • A second company arrived in mid-May to assist with the roundup of Cherokees.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Even after the roundup of Cherokees had begun, tensions remained high in Murray County.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Oldenburg hired extra help for spring roundup, working the new winter calves.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

roundup of cattle
vsroundup
  • US
4.9

Gathering cattle to count, brand, or move them

gathers many different farm animals rather than only one species

Antonyms

to release
∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

to scatter
110 2.7

To make people or animals move quickly in different directions

Compounds

last roundup
7.9

A final meeting or event that ends a series

roundup of cattle
  • US
4.9

Gathering cattle to count, brand, or move them

How Large

cattle drive
4 6.3
roundup
  • US
4 4.6
muster
  • Jargon
20 6.8
gathering
47 1.4

Surface Forms

roundup singular
roundups plural

Morphology

roundup = round + up (transparent) = round + up

A literal agricultural sense of the phrasal verb 'round up' (gathering livestock), so the composition is clear.

Etymology

Roundup comes from the parts round ('go around') and up ('bring together'). Cowboys riding in a circle to collect cattle give the best image: a roundup is the event of gathering livestock.