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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "roundup":
     assemblage, assembly, call-up, canvass, census, collection,
     colligation, collocation, combination, comparison, concourse,
     concurrence, confluence, conflux, congregation, convergence,
     corralling, data-gathering, gathering, ingathering, inventory,
     junction, juxtaposition, mobilization, muster, rodeo, survey
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Roundup, MT (city, FIPS 64525)
    Location: 46.44848 N, 108.53884 W
    Population (1990): 1808 (1006 housing units)
    Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 59072

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Roundup, MT -- U.S. city in Montana
     Population (2000):    1931
     Housing Units (2000): 978
     Land area (2000):     1.343016 sq. miles (3.478396 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.001627 sq. miles (0.004214 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.344643 sq. miles (3.482610 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            64525
     Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
     Location:             46.448401 N, 108.542676 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     59072
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Roundup, MT
      Roundup
  

















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