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Square

noun
1.
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon.  Synonym: foursquare.
2.
The product of two equal terms.  Synonym: second power.  "Gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
3.
An open area at the meeting of two or more streets.  Synonym: public square.
4.
Something approximating the shape of a square.
5.
Someone who doesn't understand what is going on.  Synonym: lame.
6.
A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views.  Synonym: square toes.
7.
Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.
8.
A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles.
adjective
1.
Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle.  "A square corner"
2.
Characterized by honesty and fairness.  Synonym: straight.  "A square deal"
3.
Providing abundant nourishment.  Synonyms: hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial.  "Good solid food" , "Ate a substantial breakfast" , "Four square meals a day"
4.
Leaving no balance.
5.
Without evasion or compromise.  Synonyms: straight, straightforward.  "He is not being as straightforward as it appears"
6.
Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.  Synonym: straight.
verb
(past & past part. squared; pres. part. squaring)
1.
Make square.  Synonym: square up.  "Square the wood with a file"
2.
Raise to the second power.
3.
Cause to match, as of ideas or acts.
4.
Position so as to be square.
5.
Be compatible with.
6.
Pay someone and settle a debt.
7.
Turn the paddle; in canoeing.  Synonym: feather.
8.
Turn the oar, while rowing.  Synonym: feather.
adverb
1.
In a straight direct way.  Synonym: squarely.  "Ran square into me"
2.
In a square shape.  Synonym: squarely.  "Folded the sheet of paper square"
3.
Firmly and solidly.  Synonym: squarely.  "The bat met the ball squarely" , "Planted his great bulk square before his enemy"



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"Square" Quotes from Famous Books



... Maggie. The road made a loop down the sharp face of the slope. As I went crunching over the laborious snow I became aware of a figure striding down the steep scarp to intercept me. It was a man with his hands in front of him, half stuck in his breeches pockets, and his shoulders square—a real farmer of the hills; Alfred, of course. He waited for ...
— England, My England • D.H. Lawrence
... work, and before dawn he had dug a pit, no less than twenty-two feet deep and nigh as big across. This he covered with long thin sticks and straw, sprinkling a little loose mould over all to make it look like solid ground. So, just as dawn was breaking, he planted himself fair and square on the side of the pit that was farthest from the giant's cave, raised the horn to his lips, ...
— English Fairy Tales • Flora Annie Steel
... their inquiries a second proclamation was issued, in which it was declared that townships were to consist of 100,000 acres (about 12 miles square) and were to include the best lands, and rivers in their vicinity. The government was described as similar to that of the neighboring colonies, the legislature consisting of a governor, council and assembly ...
— Glimpses of the Past - History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 • W. O. Raymond
... you through and through," he exclaimed as he rose from his chair and sought the Cuban's hand. "You haven't had a square deal, and I'd like ...
— The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories • Charles Weathers Bump
... for red-fish, and taking the sheep's-head and mullet. These abounded so that we could at any time catch an unlimited quantity at pleasure. The companies also owned nets for catching green turtles. These nets had meshes about a foot square, were set across channels in the lagoon, the ends secured to stakes driven into the mad, the lower line sunk with lead or stone weights and the upper line floated with cork. We usually visited these nets twice a day, and found from one to six green ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan


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