What does Square Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • something approximating the shape of a square
  • any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
  • a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
  • (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
  • someone who doesn't understand what is going on
  • an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
  • the product of two equal terms
  • a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Definition as Verb
  • raise to the second power
  • cause to match, as of ideas or acts
  • position so as to be square
  • be compatible with
  • pay someone and settle a debt
  • turn the paddle; in canoeing
  • turn the oar, while rowing
  • make square
Definition as Adjective
  • having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
  • leaving no balance
  • providing abundant nourishment
  • characterized by honesty and fairness
  • rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
  • without evasion or compromise
Definition as Adverb
  • in a straight direct way
  • in a square shape
  • firmly and solidly

Examples

  • "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
  • "my account with you is now all square"
  • "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"
  • "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
  • "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
  • "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
  • "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
  • "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
  • "a checkerboard has 64 squares"
  • "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"
  • "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"
  • "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
  • "He squared his shoulders"
  • "one idea squares with another"
  • "I squared with him"
  • "square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"

Part of Speech

Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb