Word Information

Square

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Definitions for Square

noun
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
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Examples
  1. a four-sided regular polygon
  2. 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
  1. nine is the second power of three
  2. 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
  1. a checkerboard has 64 squares
noun
a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles
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  1. used to construct or test right angles
  2. the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square
verb
make square
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square up
Examples
  1. Square the circle
  2. 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
  1. He squared his shoulders
verb
be compatible with
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  1. one idea squares with another
verb
pay someone and settle a debt
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  1. I squared with him
verb
turn the paddle
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Examples
  1. 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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  1. a square peg in a round hole
  2. a square corner
adjective
characterized by honesty and fairness
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  1. straight dealing
  2. a square deal
adjective
providing abundant nourishment
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  1. a hearty meal
  2. good solid food
  3. ate a substantial breakfast
  4. four square meals a day
adjective
leaving no balance
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square(p)
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  1. my account with you is now all square
adjective
without evasion or compromise
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  1. a square contradiction
  2. 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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  1. looked him squarely in the eye
  2. ran square into me
adverb
in a square shape
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  1. a squarely cut piece of paper
  2. folded the sheet of paper square
adverb
firmly and solidly
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  1. hit the ball squarely
  2. the bat met the ball squarely
  3. planted his great bulk square before his enemy

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