square

Definitions of square in various dictionaries:

noun - (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles

noun - the product of two equal terms

noun - an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

noun - something approximating the shape of a square

noun - someone who doesn't understand what is going on

noun - a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

noun - any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

noun - a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles

verb - make square

verb - raise to the second power

verb - cause to match, as of ideas or acts

verb - position so as to be square

verb - be compatible with

verb - pay someone and settle a debt

verb - turn the paddle

verb - turn the oar, while rowing

adj - having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle

adj - characterized by honesty and fairness

adj - providing abundant nourishment

adj - leaving no balance

adj - without evasion or compromise

adj - rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

adv - in a straight direct way

adv - in a square shape

adv - firmly and solidly

A plane figure having four equal sides.

Something having an equal-sided rectangular form: a square of cloth.

A Tshaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.

The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself.

Any of the quadrilateral spaces on a board, as in chess.

An open, usually four-sided area at the intersection of two or more streets, often planted with grass and trees for use as a park.

A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.

A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.

Having four equal sides and four right angles.

Forming a right angle.

Expressed in units measuring area: square feet.

Having a specified length in each of two equal dimensions.

Set at right angles to the mast and keel.

Approximately rectangular and equilateral in cross section: a square house.

Characterized by blocklike solidity or sturdiness.

Honest; direct: a square answer.

Just; equitable: a square deal.

Having been paid up; settled.

Even; tied.

Rigidly conventional; dull.

To cut to a square or rectangular shape.

To test for conformity to a desired plane, straight line, or right angle.

To mark into squares.

To bring into conformity or agreement: She could not square the request with her principles.

To bring (oneself) into a better position or relation: He tried to square himself with his parents.

To set straight or at approximate right angles: square one’s cap.

To bring into balance; settle: square a debt.

To even the score of: to square a game.

Mathematics.

To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.

To find a square equal in area to (the area of a given figure).

To bribe or fix: a party in litigation that tried to square the judge.

Mathematics.

To agree or conform: a story that doesn’t square with the facts.

At right angles.

In a square shape.

In a solid manner; firmly.

Directly; straight: ran square into each other.

In an honest, straightforward manner.

To square the yards of a sailing vessel.

To put away or in order.

At right angles.

Honestly and openly: has always dealt on the square.

Not at exact right angles.

A misfit.

adj - having four equal sides and four right angles; rigidly conventional

SQUARE - In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90-degree angles, or (100-gradian a...