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SQUARE

Definition:

1. [adverb] in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
   Synonyms: ly
   
   
2. [adverb] with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square"
   Synonyms: ly
   
   
3. [adverb] in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
   Synonyms: ly
   
   
4. [adverb] firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
   Synonyms: ly
   
   
5. [noun] (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"
   Synonyms: four
   
   
6. [noun] the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
   Synonyms: second power
   
   
7. [noun] an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
   Synonyms: public
   
   
8. [noun] something approximating the shape of a square
   
   
9. [noun] someone who doesn't understand what is going on
   Synonyms: lame
   
   
10. [noun] a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
    Synonyms: toes
    
    
11. [noun] any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares"
    
    
12. [noun] 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"
    
    
13. [verb] raise to the second power
    
    
14. [verb] make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
    Synonyms: up
    
    
15. [verb] cause to match, as of ideas or acts
    
    
16. [verb] position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"
    
    
17. [verb] be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
    
    
18. [verb] pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
    
    
19. [verb] turn the paddle; in canoeing
    Synonyms: feather
    
    
20. [verb] turn the oar, while rowing
    Synonyms: feather
    
    
21. [adjective] having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
    
    
22. [adjective] leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"
    
    
23. [adjective] characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"
    Synonyms: straight
    
    
24. [adjective] without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
    Synonyms: straightforward
    
    
25. [adjective] rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
    Synonyms: straight
    
    

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Related Words:

• square up, jog, even up
• quadrate
• Trafalgar Square
• plaza, place, piazza
• carpenter's square
• try square
• T-square

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