noun
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
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- a four-sided regular polygon
- you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
noun
the product of two equal terms
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second power
Examples
- nine is the second power of three
- gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
noun
an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
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public square
noun
something approximating the shape of a square
noun
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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noun
a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
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square toes
noun
any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
Examples
- a checkerboard has 64 squares
noun
a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles
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- used to construct or test right angles
- the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square
verb
make square
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square up
Examples
- Square the circle
- square the wood with a file
verb
raise to the second power
verb
cause to match, as of ideas or acts
verb
position so as to be square
Examples
- He squared his shoulders
verb
be compatible with
Examples
- one idea squares with another
verb
pay someone and settle a debt
Examples
- I squared with him
verb
turn the paddle
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- in canoeing
verb
turn the oar, while rowing
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adjective
having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
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- a square peg in a round hole
- a square corner
adjective
characterized by honesty and fairness
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- straight dealing
- a square deal
adjective
providing abundant nourishment
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- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
adjective
leaving no balance
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square(p)
Examples
- my account with you is now all square
adjective
without evasion or compromise
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- a square contradiction
- he is not being as straightforward as it appears
adjective
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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adverb
in a straight direct way
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- looked him squarely in the eye
- ran square into me
adverb
in a square shape
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- a squarely cut piece of paper
- folded the sheet of paper square
adverb
firmly and solidly
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- hit the ball squarely
- the bat met the ball squarely
- planted his great bulk square before his enemy