roundup

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police

   a mass roundup of suspects

2. 2
   noun

   a summary list

   as in e.g. a news roundup

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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.\

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.

7. 7
   noun

   The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.

8. 8
   noun

   An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.

Etymology

Deverbal from round up.