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square > 25 senses
ADJECTIVE1squareHaving four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
2squareLeaving no balance
3square, straightCharacterized by honesty and fairness
4square, straightforwardWithout evasion or compromise
5square, straightRigidly conventional or old-fashioned
ADVERB1square, squarelyIn a straight direct way
2square, squarelyWith honesty and fairness
3square, squarelyIn a square shape
4square, squarelyFirmly and solidly
NOUN1square, foursquare(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
2square, second powerThe product of two equal terms
3square, public squareAn open area at the meeting of two or more streets
4squareSomething approximating the shape of a square
5square, lameSomeone who doesn't understand what is going on
6square, square toesA formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
7squareAny artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
8squareA hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles
VERB1squareRaise to the second power
2square, square upMake square
3squareCause to match, as of ideas or acts
4squarePosition so as to be square
5squareBe compatible with
6squarePay someone and settle a debt
7square, featherTurn the paddle
8square, featherTurn the oar, while rowing
square > pronunciation
Soundsskweh'r
Rhymesaffair, air, airfare, and 109 more rhymes in ehr at the HyperDic website...
square > adjective 1
MeaningHaving four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle.
Examples"a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
Similarquadrate; right-angled; squared; squarish
See alsoangular, angulate
Contraryround, circular
Adverbssquarely
square > adjective 2
MeaningLeaving no balance.
Examples"my account with you is now all square"
Similar topaid
Usagecolloquialism
square > adjective 3
MeaningCharacterized by honesty and fairness.
Examples"a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"
Synonymsstraight
Similar tohonest, honorable
Adverbssquarely
square > adjective 4
MeaningWithout evasion or compromise.
Examples"a square contradiction"
Synonymsstraightforward
Similar todirect
Adverbssquarely
square > adjective 5
MeaningRigidly conventional or old-fashioned.
Synonymsstraight
Similar toconventional
Usagecant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
square > noun 1, shape
Meaning(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles. A four-sided regular polygon.
Examples"you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"
Synonymsfoursquare
Categorygeometry
Narrowerquadrate
Broaderregular polygon; rectangle
Adjectivesquadratic
Verbssquare
square > noun 2, quantity
MeaningThe product of two equal terms.
Examples"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
Synonymssecond power
Broadernumber
Adjectivesquadratic
Verbssquare
square > noun 3, location
MeaningAn open area at the meeting of two or more streets.
Synonymspublic square
Part ofcity
NarrowerTrafalgar Square; plaza, place, piazza
Broadertract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
square > noun 4, shape
MeaningSomething approximating the shape of a square.
Broadershape, form
square > noun 5, person
MeaningSomeone who doesn't understand what is going on.
Synonymslame
Broadersimpleton, simple
square > noun 6, person
MeaningA formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views.
Synonymssquare toes
Broaderconservative, conservativist
Usagecolloquialism
square > noun 7, artifact
MeaningAny artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.
Examples"a checkerboard has 64 squares"
Part ofcheckerboard
Broaderartifact, artefact
Verbssquare; square
square > noun 8, artifact
MeaningA hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles. Used to construct or test right angles.
Examples"the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"
Narrowercarpenter's square; try square; T-square
Broaderhand tool
square > adverb 1
MeaningIn a straight direct way.
Examples"looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
Synonymssquarely
square > adverb 2
MeaningWith honesty and fairness.
Examples"dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square"
Synonymssquarely
square > adverb 3
MeaningIn a square shape.
Examples"a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
Synonymssquarely
square > adverb 4
MeaningFirmly and solidly.
Examples"hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
Synonymssquarely
square > verb 1, cognition
MeaningRaise to the second power.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Categoryarithmetic
Broadermultiply
Nounssquare
square > verb 2, change
MeaningMake square.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
Synonymssquare up
Broadershape, form
Nounssquare; square
square > verb 3, stative
MeaningCause to match, as of ideas or acts.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Broaderadjust, conform, adapt
square > verb 4, motion
MeaningPosition so as to be square.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"He squared his shoulders"
Narrowersquare up, jog, even up
Broaderposition
Nounssquare
square > verb 5, stative
MeaningBe compatible with.
PatternSomething ----s
Examples"one idea squares with another"
Broadermatch, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
square > verb 6, possession
MeaningPay someone and settle a debt.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Examples"I squared with him"
Broadersettle
square > verb 7, competition
MeaningTurn the paddle. In canoeing.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsfeather
Broaderpaddle
square > verb 8, competition
MeaningTurn the oar, while rowing.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsfeather
Broaderrow

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