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Noun: square skwehr- (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"
- foursquare - The product of two equal terms
"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
- second power - An open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- public square - Something approximating the shape of a square
- Someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- lame - A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- 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"
Adjective: square (squarer,squarest) skwehr- Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
"a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner" - Characterized by honesty and fairness
"a square deal"
- straight - Providing abundant nourishment
"four square meals a day"
- hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial - Leaving no balance
"my account with you is now all square" - Without evasion or compromise
"a square contradiction"
- straightforward, straight - Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- straight
Verb: square skwehr- Make square
"Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
- square up - Raise to the second power
- 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
- feather - Turn the oar, while rowing
- feather
Adverb: square skwehr- In a straight direct way
"ran square into me"
- squarely - In a square shape
"folded the sheet of paper square"
- squarely - Firmly and solidly
"planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
- squarely
Derived forms: squaring, squared, squares, squarer, squarest See also: aboveboard, angular, angulate, conventional, direct, guileless, honest, honestness, honesty, honorable [US], honourable [Brit, Cdn], lawful, paid, quadrate, quadratic, right-angled, squared, squarely, squareness, squarish, straightarrow, straightforward, transparent, wholesome Type of: adapt, adjust, agree, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], check, conform, conservative, conservativist, correspond, fit, form, gibe, hand tool, jibe, match, multiply, number, paddle, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, position, rectangle, regular polygon, row, settle, shape, simple, simpleton, tally, tract Antonym: round Part of: checker board [N. Amer], checkerboard [N. Amer], chequerboard [Brit, Cdn], city, draughtboard [Brit] Encyclopedia: Square |