Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold;
2.
a summary list;
as in e.g. "a news roundup";
3.
the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police;
- Example: "a mass roundup of suspects"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Round-up \Round"-up`\, n.
1. The act of collecting or gathering together scattered
cattle by riding around them and driving them in. [Western
U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A rounding up, or upward curvature or convexity, as in the
deck of a vessel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A gathering in of scattered persons or things; as, a
round-up of criminals. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roundup
n 1: the activity of gathering livestock together so that they
can be counted or branded or sold
2: a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"
3: the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police; "a
mass roundup of suspects"