square

Verb

• turn the oar, while rowing

• turn the paddle; in canoeing

• pay someone and settle a debt
  • I squared with him
    

• be compatible with
  • one idea squares with another
    

• position so as to be square
  • He squared his shoulders
    

• cause to match, as of ideas or acts

• raise to the second power

• make square
  • Square the circle
    
  • square the wood with a file
    

Adjective

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

• without evasion or compromise
  • a square contradiction
    
  • he is not being as straightforward as it appears
    

• leaving no balance
  • my account with you is now all square
    

• providing abundant nourishment
  • a hearty meal
    
  • good solid food
    
  • ate a substantial breakfast
    
  • four square meals a day
    

• characterized by honesty and fairness
  • straight dealing
    
  • a square deal
    

• having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
  • a square peg in a round hole
    
  • a square corner
    

Noun

• 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
    

• any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
  • a checkerboard has 64 squares
    

• a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

• someone who doesn't understand what is going on

• something approximating the shape of a square

• an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

• the product of two equal terms
  • nine is the second power of three
    
  • gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
    

• (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

• firmly and solidly
  • hit the ball squarely
    
  • the bat met the ball squarely
    
  • planted his great bulk square before his enemy
    

• in a square shape
  • a squarely cut piece of paper
    
  • folded the sheet of paper square
    

• in a straight direct way
  • looked him squarely in the eye
    
  • ran square into me
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  feather , square up , straight , square(a) , straightforward , square(p) , hearty , satisfying , solid , substantial , square toes , lame , public square , second power , foursquare , squarely
• Antonyms: 
  crooked , corrupt , round , circular