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- n (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 - n the product of two equal terms
gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance - n an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- n something approximating the shape of a square
- n someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- n a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- n any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
a checkerboard has 64 squares - n 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 - v make square
square the wood with a file - v raise to the second power
- v cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- v position so as to be square
He squared his shoulders - v be compatible with
one idea squares with another - v pay someone and settle a debt
I squared with him - v turn the paddle; in canoeing
- v turn the oar, while rowing
- a having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
a square peg in a round hole
a square corner - a characterized by honesty and fairness
a square deal - s providing abundant nourishment
four square meals a day - s leaving no balance
my account with you is now all square - s without evasion or compromise
a square contradiction - s rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- r in a straight direct way
looked him squarely in the eye
ran square into me - r in a square shape
a squarely cut piece of paper
folded the sheet of paper square - r firmly and solidly
hit the ball squarely
the bat met the ball squarely
planted his great bulk square before his enemy
- Police have recovered the suicide bomber's head, which was thrown some 100 meters across a busy commercial square by the force of the blast.
- But today swarming, panic-stricken crowds packed the square, as police screamed at people to clear the area after two unexpected explosions brought the neighborhood to a screeching .
- The last thing any self-respecting magazine wants to be considered these days is square.