square
noun
- the second power of a quantity, expressed as a2 = a × a, where a is the quantity.
- a quantity that is the second power of another: Four is the square of two.
verb (used with object), squared, squar·ing.
- to multiply (a number or quantity) by itself; raise to the second power.
- to describe or find a square that is equivalent in area to: to square a circle.
verb (used without object), squared, squar·ing.
adjective, squar·er, squar·est.
adverb
Verb Phrases
- Nautical. to arrange the yards so as to sail before the wind.
- to prepare; get ready: Square away for dinner.
- to assume a position of defense or offense: The wrestlers squared away for the first fall.
- to organize or complete satisfactorily; put in order: I want to square away the work before going on vacation.
- to assume a posture of defense or offense, as in boxing: They squared off for a fight.
- to prepare to dispute with another; show signs of opposition or resistance: The governor and the legislature are squaring off over the landfill issue.
Idioms for square
- at right angles.
- Informal. straightforward; honest; just: Their dealings with us have always been on the square.
- not at right angles.
- not in agreement; incorrect; irregular: The inspector's conclusions are out of square with his earlier report.
Origin of square
SYNONYMS FOR square
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Example sentences from the Web for square
Some longtime local acquaintances are struggling to square the man they know with the ugly associations.
No. 3 Republican Admits Talking to White Supremacist Conference |Tim Mak |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEASTRecords describe this house as 6,916 square feet, with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built |Michael Daly |December 12, 2014 |DAILY BEASTIn the afternoon, about a thousand people marched in protest through the largest Prague square, with police nowhere in sight.
They came from all over the city, by the thousands, to converge on the square.
Eric Garner Protests: ‘It’s Like Vietnam’ |Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson, Jacob Siegel, Chris Allbritton |December 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On a lightly floured board, roll each pastry to an 11-inch square.
Crossing the square where the Tacon theatre and circus stand, I wander through the narrow, ill-paved streets of the Cuban capital.
The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba |Walter GoodmanLay on different parts of the skin a small, square piece of paper with a small central hole in it.
A Practical Physiology |Albert F. BlaisdellBe square with yourself; be square to the man who is after your heart.
Think |Col. Wm. C. HunterFoulon is carried off; dragged across the square, and hung to the lamp post.
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. TaineNow you have become a journeyman and must accept the responsibility yourself for doing things according to plumb-line and square.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo
British Dictionary definitions for square
noun
- at right angles
- on equal terms
- informal honestly and openly
- slang a phrase identifying someone as a Freemasonhe is on the square
- not at right angles or not having a right angle
- not in order or agreement
adjective
- (prenominal) denoting a measure of area of any shapea circle of four square feet
- (immediately postpositive) denoting a square having a specified length on each sidea board four feet square contains 16 square feet
verb (mainly tr)
adverb
Derived forms of square
squareness, noun squarer, noun squarish, adjectiveWord Origin for square
Scientific definitions for square
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Cultural definitions for square
A number multiplied by itself, or raised to the second power. The square of three is nine; the square of nine is eighty-one.
Idioms and Phrases with square
In addition to the idioms beginning with square
- square away
- square deal
- square meal, a
- square off
- square one's shoulders
- square peg in a round hole
- square the circle
- square up
- square with
also see:
- back to the drawing board (square one)
- fair and square
- on the square
- round peg in a square hole
- shoot straight (square)