Definitions of SQUARE in various dictionaries:
noun -
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
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the product of two equal terms
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an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
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something approximating the shape of a square
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someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
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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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a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles
verb -
make square
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raise to the second power
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cause to match, as of ideas or acts
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position so as to be square
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be compatible with
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pay someone and settle a debt
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turn the paddle
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turn the oar, while rowing
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having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
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characterized by honesty and fairness
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providing abundant nourishment
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leaving no balance
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without evasion or compromise
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rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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in a straight direct way
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in a square shape
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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