Square meaning
Square means having four sides of equal length.
An example of square is a cake with four equal sides.
adjective
Something having an equal-sided rectangular form.
A square of cloth.
noun
To square is to settle or make even.
An example of square is to pay money that is owed.
An example of square is to straighten a picture on the wall so that it appears straight.
verb
A plane figure having four equal sides.
noun
A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
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Forming a right angle.
adjective
In alignment or flush.
Put the paper square with the edge of the desk.
adjective
Having a base that is a square.
A square pyramid.
adjective
Approximately rectangular and equilateral in cross section.
A square house.
adjective
Characterized by blocklike solidity or sturdiness.
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Honest; direct.
A square answer.
adjective
Just; equitable.
A square deal.
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Having all accounts settled; even.
I paid what I owed you, so we're square.
adjective
Even; tied.
adjective
Rigidly conventional; dull.
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To cut to a square or rectangular shape. Often used with off.
verb
To test or adjust for conformity to a desired plane, straight line, or right angle.
verb
To mark into squares. Often used with off.
verb
To set straight or at approximate right angles.
Square one's cap.
verb
To bring into balance; settle.
Square a debt.
verb
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To even the score of.
To square a game.
verb
To bribe or fix.
A party in litigation that tried to square the judge.
verb
To be at right angles.
verb
To agree or conform.
A story that doesn't square with the facts.
verb
At right angles.
adverb
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In a square shape.
adverb
In a solid manner; firmly.
adverb
Directly; straight.
Ran square into each other.
adverb
In an honest, straightforward manner.
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An instrument having two sides that form an angle of 90 degrees, used for drawing or testing right angles.
noun
A solid piece with at least one face that is a square.
To cut a cake into squares.
noun
The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself.
9 is the square of 3
noun
A square meal.
Three squares a day.
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To test or adjust with regard to straightness or evenness.
To square a surface with a straightedge.
verb
To bring into a position or arrangement that is straight, upright, perpendicular, even across, etc.
To square one's shoulders.
verb
To make equal.
To square the score of a game.
verb
To bring into agreement; make conform.
To square a statement with the facts.
verb
To mark off (a surface) in a series of connected squares.
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To bring into the correct position, as with reference to a line, course, etc.
verb
To multiply (a number or quantity) by itself.
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To determine the square that is equal in area to (a figure)
verb
To bribe.
verb
To fit; agree; accord (with)
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Forming a right angle, or having a rectangular part or parts.
adjective
Correctly adjusted, positioned, or arranged; level, even, shipshape, etc.
adjective
Just; fair; honest.
adjective
Clear; direct; straightforward; unequivocal.
A square refusal.
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Having a shape broad for its length or height, with a solid, sturdy appearance, and somewhat rectangular or rectilinear.
A square jaw.
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Square or rectangular in cross section, as some files.
adjective
Designating a number that is the product of another number multiplied by itself.
adjective
Satisfying; solid; substantial.
adjective
Not conversant with the current fads, styles, slang, etc.; old-fashioned, unsophisticated, conservative, etc.
adjective
At right angles to the keel and to the mast, as the yards of a square-rigged ship.
adjective
Honestly; fairly; justly.
adverb
So as to be or form a square; at right angles.
adverb
Directly; exactly.
adverb
So as to face.
adverb
Firmly; solidly.
adverb
A rectangle having four equal sides.
noun
The product that results when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself. The square of 8, for example, is 64.
noun
Of, being, or using units that express the measure of area.
adjective
To multiply a number, quantity, or expression by itself.
verb
Any simple object with four nearly straight and nearly equal sides meeting at nearly right angles.
noun
An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
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(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.
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(slang) A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s.
Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
noun
An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.
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(real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square ... "” Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006
2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. "” Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania.
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(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
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(North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
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(colloquial, US) A square meal.
Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
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(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
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(archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
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The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
noun
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
noun
Shaped like a square (the polygon).
adjective
Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
A square corner.
adjective
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
Square metre.
Square mile.
adjective
Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
A man of a square frame.
adjective
To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
To square our actions by the opinions of others.
verb
(mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
verb
Square the circle.
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(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch.
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(archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
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To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
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To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
To square mason's work.
verb
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
verb
The definition of a square is a shape with four sides of equal length.
An example of square is a space on a checker board.
noun
The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself.
49 is the square of 7.
noun
Any of the quadrilateral spaces on a board, as in chess.
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The flower bud of a cotton plant, with three bracts surrounding the unopened flower in a pyramidal structure.
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A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.
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Having four equal sides and four right angles.
adjective
Set at right angles to the mast and keel. Used of the yards of a square-rigged ship.
adjective
A plane figure having four equal sides and four right angles.
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on the square
- At right angles.
- Honestly and openly:.Has always dealt on the square.
idiom
out of square
- Not at exact right angles.
- Not in agreement.
idiom
square peg in a round hole
- A misfit.
idiom
three squares a day
- Three square meals eaten in a day.
idiom
on the square
- At right angles (to something specified).
- Honest(ly), fair(ly), genuine(ly), etc.
idiom
out of square
- Not at right angles (with something specified).
- Not in harmony, order, or agreement.
idiom
square around
- To turn so as to face squarely someone or something.
idiom
square away
- To bring a ship's yards around so as to sail directly before the wind.
- To get ready; put in order.
idiom
square off
- To assume a stance of attack or self-defense, as in boxing.
- To fight.
idiom
square oneself
- To make amends for damage, a wrong, hurt, etc. done by oneself to another.
idiom
square the circle
- To construct or find a square equal in area to a given circle: an insoluble problem in Euclidean geometry.
- To do or attempt something that seems impossible.
idiom
square up
- To make a settlement, as by paying or by balancing accounts.
- To assume a posture of opposition (to an adversary).
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
out of square
three squares a day
out of square
square around
square oneself
Origin of square
- Middle English from Old French esquarre from Vulgar Latin exquadra from exquadrāre to square Latin ex- ex- quadrāre to give a square shape to (from quadrum a square kwetwer- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary