square

1. (verb) make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
Synonyms: square up
Related Words: form, shape

2. (verb) raise to the second power
Related Words: multiply

3. (satellite adjective) (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Synonyms: straight

4. (satellite adjective) without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
Synonyms: straightforward

5. (satellite adjective) characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"
Synonyms: straight

6. (verb) position so as to be square: "He squared his shoulders"
Related Words: even up, jog, position, square up

7. (verb) pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
Related Words: settle

8. (satellite adjective) (informal) leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"

9. (verb) be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
Related Words: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

10. (verb) cause to match, as of ideas or acts
Related Words: adapt, adjust, conform

11. (adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
Antonyms: round

12. (noun) a 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"
Related Words: T-square, carpenter's square, hand tool, try square

13. (noun) any object having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a chessboard has 64 squares"
Related Words: artefact, artifact

14. (noun) (informal) a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Synonyms: square toes
Related Words: conservative, conservativist

15. (noun) the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
Synonyms: second power
Related Words: number

16. (noun) (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"
Synonyms: foursquare
Related Words: quadrate, rectangle

17. (adverb) firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
Synonyms: squarely

18. (adverb) in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
Synonyms: squarely

19. (adverb) with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square"
Synonyms: squarely

20. (adverb) in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
Synonyms: squarely

21. (verb) turn the oar, while rowing
Synonyms: feather
Related Words: row

22. (verb) turn the paddle; in canoeing
Synonyms: feather
Related Words: paddle

23. (noun) an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Synonyms: public square
Related Words: parcel, parcel of land, piazza, piece of ground, piece of land, place, plaza, tract



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