Definitions for square

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square square

Spelling: [skwair]

IPA: /skwɛər/

Square is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in square (aeqrsu).

Definitions for square

noun

1. a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
2. anything having this form or a form approximating it, as a city block, rectangular piece of candy, etc.
3. an open area or plaza in a city or town, formed by the meeting or intersecting of two or more streets and often planted with grass, trees, etc., in the center.
4. a rectangularly shaped area on a game board, as in chess or checkers.
5. a try square, T square, or the like.
6. Mathematics. 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:
7. Slang. a person who is ignorant of or uninterested in current fads, ideas, manners, tastes, etc.; an old-fashioned, conventional, or conservative person.
8. Military. (formerly) a body of troops drawn up in quadrilateral form.
9. Building Trades. a unit of measure for roofing materials, equal to 100 square feet (9.3 sq. m).
10. a flower bud of the cotton plant.
11. Nautical. the area at the bottom of a hatchway.
12. Usually, squares. Informal. a square meal:
13. Astrology. a situation in which two heavenly bodies or groups of heavenly bodies have celestial longitudes differing by 90 degrees, an aspect indicative of internal tension with an equally strong and conflicting need for adjustment.
14. Obsolete. a pattern, standard, or example.

Idioms

1. on the square, at right angles. Informal. straightforward; honest; just:
2. out of square, not at right angles. not in agreement; incorrect; irregular:
3. square the circle, to strive without chance of success; attempt the impossible.

adverb

1. so as to be square; in square or rectangular form.
2. at right angles.
3. fairly or honestly.
4. directly or straightforwardly.

adjective

1. formed by or as a right angle; having some part or parts rectangular:
2. having four sides and four right angles in two dimensions or three pairs of parallel sides meeting at right angles in three dimensions; having each dimension in the shape of a square or rectangle and all angles right angles:
3. noting any unit of area measurement having the form of a square and designated by a unit of linear measurement forming a side of the square:
4. noting a system of area measurement in terms of such units.
5. (of an area) equal to a square of a specified length on a side:
6. at right angles, or perpendicular.
7. Nautical. at right angles to the mast and the keel, as a yard.
8. having a square or rectangular section:
9. having a solid, sturdy form, especially when characterized by a rectilinear or angular outline.
10. straight, level, or even, as a surface.
11. leaving no balance of debt on either side; having all accounts settled:
12. just, fair, or honest.
13. straightforward, direct, or unequivocal.
14. Slang. conventional or conservative in style or outlook; not hip.

Verb phrases

1. square around, Baseball. (of a bunter) to shift the feet and body from a conventional batting stance to a position facing the pitcher, with the bat held across and in front of the body.
2. square away, Nautical. to arrange the yards so as to sail before the wind. to prepare; get ready: to assume a position of defense or offense: to organize or complete satisfactorily; put in order:
3. square off, to assume a posture of defense or offense, as in boxing: to prepare to dispute with another; show signs of opposition or resistance:
4. square up, to pay or settle an account, bill, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to reduce to square, rectangular, or cubical form (often followed by off):
2. to mark out in one or more squares or rectangles.
3. to test with measuring devices for deviation from a right angle, straight line, or plane surface.
4. Mathematics. 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:
5. to bring to the form of a right angle or right angles; set at right angles to something else.
6. to even the score of (a contest):
7. to set (the shoulders and back) in an erect posture so they form an angle similar to a right angle.
8. to make straight, level, or even:
9. to regulate, as by a standard; adapt; adjust.
10. to adjust harmoniously or satisfactorily (often followed by with):
11. to balance; pay off; settle:
12. Slang. to secure a desired action or attitude by means of bribery; bribe.

verb (used without object)

1. to accord or agree (often followed by with):
2. to settle, even, or balance a matter, as by paying a bill, returning a favor, or tying a score.
3. (of a cotton plant) to form buds.

Origin of square

1250-1300; (noun) Middle English Old French esquar(r)e Vulgar Latin *exquadra, derivative of *exquadrāre (Latin ex- ex-¹ + quadrāre to square; see Examples for square

They came from all over the city, by the thousands, to converge on the square.

Some longtime local acquaintances are struggling to square the man they know with the ugly associations.

Records describe this house as 6,916 square feet, with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.

How different was the sight from what she saw when she looked out in Addison square!

He reached out a square, competent hand, and put it over hers.

In the afternoon, about a thousand people marched in protest through the largest Prague square, with police nowhere in sight.

Mist, mist, rolling mist with a square black tower above it.

On a lightly floured board, roll each pastry to an 11-inch square.

It is sawn off at the proper length, square at one end and slanting at the other.

Some declared it impossible any house in that square should hold the number invited.