square

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square

The carpenter uses a square to check the corner of the wooden frame.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A plane geometric figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles: A shape with four sides of equal length and four 90-degree corners.
    • An open public area in a town, often rectangular: A public space, often surrounded by buildings and streets.
    • The product of a number multiplied by itself: The result of raising a number to the second power.
    • A tool for checking or marking right angles: An L-shaped instrument used in carpentry and drafting.
    • A person considered old-fashioned or conventional: Someone with rigidly traditional views.

  2. Adjective:

    • Having the shape of a square: Characterized by four equal sides and four right angles.
    • Forming a right angle: Meeting or positioned at a 90-degree angle.
    • Honest and fair: Characterized by straightforward and equitable dealing.
    • Settled, with no debt owed: Leaving no balance; even.
    • Substantial and satisfying: Providing abundant nourishment.
    • Rigidly conventional: Old-fashioned in manner or attitude.

  3. Verb:

    • To make something square or rectangular: To give something a square shape or right angles.
    • To multiply a number by itself: To raise a number to the second power.
    • To settle or pay a debt: To make an account even or balanced.
    • To bring into agreement or make consistent: To cause ideas, actions, or facts to match.
    • To position something squarely: To set something at a right angle or in a straight, firm position.

  4. Adverb:

    • Directly and firmly: In a straightforward manner without deviation.
    • At right angles: In a square shape or position.
    • Honestly and fairly: In a straightforward and equitable way.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The city's main square is always full of people.
    • The area of a square is calculated by multiplying the side length by itself.
    • 64 is the square of 8.
    • He used a square to ensure the corner was perfectly 90 degrees.

  • Adjective:

    • The room was square, not rectangular.
    • She gave him a square look. (direct, honest)
    • After paying the bill, we are square.
    • He ate a square meal before the long journey.

  • Verb:

    • He squared the piece of wood with a saw.
    • Three squared equals nine.
    • I need to square my account with the bank.
    • His story does not square with the facts.

  • Adverb:

    • He hit the ball square on the bat.
    • She looked him square in the eye.
Advanced Usage

  • "To be square with someone": To have settled all debts or obligations with a person, or to be honest with them.

    • After I pay you back, we'll be square.

  • "A square deal": A fair and honest transaction or agreement.

    • The company promised its employees a square deal.

  • "To square the circle": To attempt something that is considered impossible (originating from the geometric problem of constructing a square with the same area as a given circle using only a compass and straightedge).

    • Trying to please everyone is like trying to square the circle.
Variants and Related Words

  • Squarely (adverb): Directly, firmly, or fairly.

    • The responsibility falls squarely on his shoulders.

  • Squareness (noun): The quality of being square in shape or character.

    • The squareness of the building's design.

  • Square root (noun): A number which produces a specified quantity when multiplied by itself.

    • The square root of 16 is 4.
Synonyms
  • Noun (shape): Quadrilateral, rectangle (specifically when referring to a right-angled shape with equal sides).
  • Adjective (honest): Fair, straightforward, equitable, just.
  • Adjective (old-fashioned): Conventional, conservative, strait-laced.
  • Verb (settle): Settle, pay off, balance, clear.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Square off: To prepare to fight, argue, or compete; to assume a defensive or aggressive posture.

    • The two boxers squared off in the center of the ring.

  • Square up: To settle a bill or debt; to face a situation directly.

    • Let's square up the tab before we leave.
    • It's time to square up to our problems.

  • Square away: To arrange things in good order; to complete necessary preparations.

    • We need to square away the final details before the launch.
Related Idioms

  • A square peg in a round hole: A person who is unsuited to their position or situation.

    • As an artist in a corporate office, he felt like a square peg in a round hole.

  • On the square: Honest, fair, and legitimate.

    • You can trust him; he's always been on the square.

  • Back to square one: Forced to start over from the beginning because of a failure or lack of progress.

    • The experiment failed, so we're back to square one.
square

The carpenter uses a square to check the corner of the wooden frame.

Verb
  1. turn the oar, while rowing
  2. turn the paddle; in canoeing
  3. pay someone and settle a debt
    • I squared with him
  4. be compatible with
    • one idea squares with another
  5. position so as to be square
    • He squared his shoulders
  6. cause to match, as of ideas or acts
  7. raise to the second power
  8. make square
    • Square the circle
    • square the wood with a file
Adjective
  1. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
  2. without evasion or compromise
    • a square contradiction
    • he is not being as straightforward as it appears
  3. leaving no balance
    • my account with you is now all square
  4. providing abundant nourishment
    • a hearty meal
    • good solid food
    • ate a substantial breakfast
    • four square meals a day
  5. characterized by honesty and fairness
    • straight dealing
    • a square deal
  6. having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
    • a square peg in a round hole
    • a square corner
Noun
  1. 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
  2. any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
    • a checkerboard has 64 squares
  3. a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
  4. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
  5. something approximating the shape of a square
  6. an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
  7. the product of two equal terms
    • nine is the second power of three
    • gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
  8. (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
Adverb
  1. firmly and solidly
    • hit the ball squarely
    • the bat met the ball squarely
    • planted his great bulk square before his enemy
  2. in a square shape
    • a squarely cut piece of paper
    • folded the sheet of paper square
  3. in a straight direct way
    • looked him squarely in the eye
    • ran square into me

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