square
noun
- A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
"64 is the square of 8."
- A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
- (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.
"Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!"
- The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
"Enter your account number followed by a square."
- The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
"An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square."
- A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
- (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
- (academia) A mortarboard
- A square meal.
"Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day."
- Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
- The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
- Cigarette.
- A vat used for fermentation.
verb
- To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
"The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared."
- To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
"John can square this question up for us."
- To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
"I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis."
- Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
- To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
"square the circle"
- To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
- To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
- To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
- To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- To form with four sides and four right angles.
- To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
"to square mason's work"
- To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- To hold a quartile position respecting.
adjective
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- Forming a right angle, especially at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
"a square corner"
- Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.
"9 is a square number."
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
"square metre"
- Honest; straightforward.
"square dealing"
- Fair.
"I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair."
- Even; tied
"The sides were square at the end of the half."
- Socially conventional; boring.
- In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Correctly aligned with respect to something else.
- Hearty; vigorous.
"It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day."
- Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
"a man of a square frame"
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