Word Source - www.word.sc/square - Dictionary definition for square

0 / 0

square

adjective

having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
Antonyms: round, circular Similar: quadrate, right-angled, squared, squarish
leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"
Similar: paid
characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"
Synonyms: straight Similar: honest, honorable
without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
Synonyms: straightforward Similar: direct
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Synonyms: straight Similar: conventional

noun

(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: foursquare
the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
Synonyms: second power
an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Synonyms: public square
something approximating the shape of a square
someone who doesn''t understand what is going on
Synonyms: lame
a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Synonyms: square toes
any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares"
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"

adverb

in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
Synonyms: squarely
with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square"
Synonyms: squarely
in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
Synonyms: squarely
firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
Synonyms: squarely

verb

raise to the second power
make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
Synonyms: square up
cause to match, as of ideas or acts
position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"
be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
turn the paddle; in canoeing
Synonyms: feather
turn the oar, while rowing
Synonyms: feather