Main entry: square
Definition: a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
Usage: the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square
Main entry: square
Definition: any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
Usage: a checkerboard has 64 squares
Main entry: public square, square
Definition: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Main entry: square, square toes
Definition: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Definition: someone who doesn't understand what is going on
Main entry: second power, square
Definition: the product of two equal terms
Usage: nine is the second power of three; gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
Main entry: square, foursquare
Definition: (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
Usage: you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
Main entry: square
Definition: something approximating the shape of a square
Definition: make square
Usage: Square the circle; square the wood with a file
Main entry: square
Definition: raise to the second power
Definition: turn the oar, while rowing
Definition: turn the paddle; in canoeing
Main entry: square
Definition: position so as to be square
Usage: He squared his shoulders
Main entry: square
Definition: pay someone and settle a debt
Usage: I squared with him
Main entry: square
Definition: be compatible with
Usage: one idea squares with another
Main entry: square
Definition: cause to match, as of ideas or acts
Definition: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Main entry: square, straight, straightforward
Definition: without evasion or compromise
Usage: a square contradiction; he is not being as straightforward as it appears
Main entry: square
Definition: leaving no balance
Usage: my account with you is now all square
Main entry: square
Definition: having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
Usage: a square peg in a round hole; a square corner
Definition: characterized by honesty and fairness
Usage: straight dealing; a square deal
Main entry: satisfying, solid, square, hearty, substantial
Definition: providing abundant nourishment
Usage: a hearty meal; good solid food; ate a substantial breakfast; four square meals a day
Definition: firmly and solidly
Usage: hit the ball squarely; the bat met the ball squarely; planted his great bulk square before his enemy
Definition: in a square shape
Usage: a squarely cut piece of paper; folded the sheet of paper square
Definition: in a straight direct way
Usage: looked him squarely in the eye; ran square into me