square
Other forms: squares; squared; squaring; squarer; squarest
A square is a figure with four equal sides and four right angles. It's a popular shape for windows and record albums, among many other things.
Square has many different metaphorical uses. Old towns had square open areas for meetings, so now "town square" means meeting place, even if it's not shaped exactly like a square. If you settle your debts, you square them, and if someone calls you a square, they mean you're boring, rule-abiding, and lame. In math, a square is the product of something multiplied by itself. If you square your plans with someone, you line them up.
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(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon“you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides”synonyms: foursquaretypes:quadratea square-shaped objecttype of:regular polygona polygon with all sides and all angles equalrectanglea parallelogram with four right angles
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something approximating the shape of a square
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any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
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an open area at the meeting of two or more streetssynonyms: public squareexamples:Trafalgar Squarea square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelsontype of:
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having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle“a square peg in a round hole”“a square corner”synonyms:quadratehaving four sides and four anglesright-angledforming a right angle or containing one or more right anglessquaredhaving been made squaresquarishsomewhat square in appearance or formantonyms:roundhaving a circular shapeapple-shapedhaving the general shape of an appleball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, sphericalhaving the shape of a sphere or ballbarrel-shapedhaving the general shape of a barrelcapitatebeing abruptly enlarged and globose at the tipcoccoidspherical; like a coccuscumuliformshaped like a cumulus cloudgoblet-shapedresembling the shape of a gobletnutlikeresembling a nut in shape and sizepancake-likeresembling a pancake in shapepear-shapedhaving a round shape tapered at one endpinwheel-shapedhaving the round shape of a pinwheelringlikehaving the shape of a ringroundishsomewhat round in appearance or formwheel-likeround like a wheelroundedcurving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
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in a square shape“folded the sheet of paper square”synonyms: squarely
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make square
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position so as to be square
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a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles“the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square”types:carpenter's squarea steel square used by carpenters; larger than a try squaretry squarea square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight pieceT-squarea square used by draftsmen to draw parallel linesset squarea try square with an adjustable sliding headtype of:hand toola tool used with workers' hands
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the product of two equal terms“gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance”synonyms: second powertype of:numbera concept of quantity involving zero and units
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raise to the second powertype of:multiplycombine by multiplication
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characterized by honesty and fairness“a square deal”synonyms: straightlawfulconformable to or allowed by lawstraightarrowconventionally moral and upright
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without evasion or compromise“a square contradiction”synonyms: straight, straightforwarddirectstraightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
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in a straight direct way“ran square into me”synonyms: squarely
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firmly and solidly“planted his great bulk square before his enemy”synonyms: squarely
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a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned viewssynonyms: square toes
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someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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rigidly conventional or old-fashionedsynonyms: straightconventionalunimaginative and conformist
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leaving no balance“my account with you is now all square”synonyms:paidmarked by the reception of pay
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pay someone and settle a debt“I squared with him”type of:settledispose of; make a financial settlement
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cause to match, as of ideas or acts
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be compatible with
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providing abundant nourishment“four square meals a day”synonyms: hearty, satisfying, solid, substantialwholesomeconducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
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turn the oar, while rowing
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turn the paddle; in canoeing
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