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square
(skwâr)n.
1. A polygon having four equal sides and four equal angles.
2. Something having an equal-sided rectangular form: a square of cloth.
3. A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
4. Mathematics The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself: 49 is the square of 7.
5. Games Any of the quadrilateral spaces on a board, as in chess.
6.
a. Abbr. Sq. An open, usually four-sided area at the intersection of two or more streets, often planted with grass and trees for use as a park.
b. A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.
7. The flower bud of a cotton plant, with three bracts surrounding the unopened flower in a pyramidal structure.
8. Slang A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.
adj. squar·er, squar·est
1. Having four equal sides and four right angles.
2. Forming a right angle.
3. In alignment or flush: Put the paper square with the edge of the desk.
4.
a. Abbr. sq. Expressed in units measuring area: square feet.
b. Having a specified length in each of two equal dimensions: a room that is 12 feet square.
5. Having a base that is a square: a square pyramid.
6. Nautical Set at right angles to the mast and keel. Used of the yards of a square-rigged ship.
7. Approximately rectangular and equilateral in cross section: a square house.
8. Characterized by blocklike solidity or sturdiness.
9. Honest; direct: a square answer.
10. Just; equitable: a square deal.
11. Having all accounts settled; even: I paid what I owed you, so we're square.
12. Sports Even; tied.
13. Slang Rigidly conventional; dull.
v. squared, squar·ing, squares
v.tr.
1. To cut to a square or rectangular shape. Often used with off.
2. To test or adjust for conformity to a desired plane, straight line, or right angle.
3. To mark into squares. Often used with off.
4.
a. To bring into conformity or agreement: She could not square the request with her principles.
b. To bring (oneself) into a better position or relation: He tried to square himself with his parents.
5. To set straight or at approximate right angles: square one's cap.
6. To bring into balance; settle: square a debt.
7. Sports To even the score of: to square a game.
8. Mathematics
a. To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.
b. To find a square equal in area to (the area of a given figure).
9. Informal To bribe or fix: a party in litigation that tried to square the judge.
v.intr.
1. Mathematics To be at right angles.
2. To agree or conform: a story that doesn't square with the facts.
adv.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. Mathematics At right angles.
2. In a square shape.
3. In a solid manner; firmly.
4. Directly; straight: ran square into each other.
5. In an honest, straightforward manner.
square away
1. Nautical To square the yards of a sailing vessel.
2. To put away or in order.
square off
To assume a fighting stance; prepare to fight.
square up
Idioms: To settle a bill or debt.
on the square
1. Mathematics At right angles.
2. Honestly and openly: has always dealt on the square.
out of square
1. Mathematics Not at exact right angles.
2. Not in agreement.
square peg in a round hole Informal
A misfit.
three squares a day Informal
Three square meals eaten in a day.
[Middle English, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrāre, to square : Latin ex-, ex- + quadrāre, to give a square shape to (from quadrum, a square; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots).]
square′ness n.
squar′er n.
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square
(skwɛə)n
1. (Mathematics) a plane geometric figure having four equal sides and four right angles. Compare rectangle, rhombus
2. any object, part, or arrangement having this or a similar shape: a square of carpet; a square on a chessboard.
3. (Human Geography) (capital when part of name) an open area in a town, sometimes including the surrounding buildings, which may form a square
4. (Mathematics) maths the product of two equal factors; the second power: 9 is the square of 3, written 32.
5. (Tools) an instrument having two strips of wood, metal, etc, set in the shape of a T or L, used for constructing or testing right angles
6. (Cricket) cricket the closely-cut area in the middle of a ground on which wickets are prepared
7. (Military) a body of soldiers drawn up in the form of a square
8. (Rowing) rowing the position of the blade of an oar perpendicular to the surface of the water just before and during a stroke
9. informal a person who is old-fashioned in views, customs, appearance, etc
10. (Astrology) astrology an aspect of about 90° between two planets, etc. See conjunction5, opposition9, trine1
11. obsolete a standard, pattern, or rule
12. back to square one indicating a return to the starting point of an investigation, experiment, etc, because of failure, lack of progress, etc
13. at right angles
14. on equal terms
15. informal honestly and openly
16. (Historical Terms) slang a phrase identifying someone as a Freemason: he is on the square.
17. out of square
a. not at right angles or not having a right angle
b. not in order or agreement
adj
18. being a square in shape
19. (Mathematics) having or forming one or more right angles or being at right angles to something
20. square or rectangular in section: a square bar.
21. (Mathematics)
a. (prenominal) denoting a measure of area of any shape: a circle of four square feet.
b. (immediately postpositive) denoting a square having a specified length on each side: a board four feet square contains 16 square feet.
22. fair and honest (esp in the phrase a square deal)
23. straight, even, or level: a square surface.
24. (Cricket) cricket at right angles to the wicket: square leg.
25. (General Sporting Terms) sport in a straight line across the pitch: a square pass.
26. (Nautical Terms) nautical (of the sails of a square-rigger) set at right angles to the keel
27. informal old-fashioned in views, customs, appearance, etc
28. stocky or sturdy: square shoulders.
29. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (postpositive) having no remaining debts or accounts to be settled
30. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (of a horse's gait) sound, steady, or regular
31. (prenominal) unequivocal or straightforward: a square contradiction.
32. (postpositive) neat and tidy
33. (Mathematics) maths (of a matrix) having the same number of rows and columns
34. all square on equal terms; even in score
35. square peg square peg in a round hole informal a person or thing that is a misfit, such as an employee in a job for which he or she is unsuited
vb (mainly tr)
36. to make into a square or similar shape
37. (Mathematics) maths to raise (a number or quantity) to the second power
38. (Mathematics) to test or adjust for deviation with respect to a right angle, plane surface, etc
39. (sometimes foll by off) to divide into squares
40. to position so as to be rectangular, straight, or level: square the shoulders.
41. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (sometimes foll by up) to settle (debts, accounts, etc)
42. (General Sporting Terms) to level (the score) in a game, etc
43. (often foll by: with) to agree or cause to agree: your ideas don't square with mine.
44. (Rowing) rowing to turn (an oar) perpendicular to the surface of the water just before commencing a stroke
45. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (in canoeing) to turn (a paddle) perpendicular to the direction of the canoe at the commencement of a stroke. Compare feather16
46. to arrange (something), esp by a corrupt method or come to an arrangement with (someone), as by bribery
47. square the circle to attempt the impossible (in reference to the insoluble problem of constructing a square having exactly the same area as a given circle)
adv
48. in order to be square
49. at right angles
50. (General Sporting Terms) sport in a straight line across the pitch: pass the ball square.
51. informal squarely
[C13: from Old French esquare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra (unattested), from Latin ex1 + quadrāre to make square; see quadrant]
ˈsquareness n
ˈsquarer n
ˈsquarish adj
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square
(skwɛər)n., v. squared, squar•ing, n.
1. a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
2. something having or resembling this form, as a city block.
3. an open area formed by the intersecting of two or more streets.
4. a rectangularly shaped area on a game board.
5. a try square, Tsquare, or the like.
6.
a. the second power of a quantity, expressed as a2=axa, where a is the quantity.
b. a quantity that is the second power of another: Four is the square of two.
7. Slang. a person who is old-fashioned, conventional, or conservative.
8. a flower bud of the cotton plant.
9. Usu., squares.Informal. a square meal: three squares a day.
v.t. 10. to reduce to square, rectangular, or cubical form (often fol. by off).
11. to mark out in one or more squares or rectangles.
12. to test with measuring devices for deviation from a right angle, straight line, or plane surface.
13.
a. to multiply (a number or quantity) by itself; raise to the second power.
b. to describe or find a square that is equivalent in area to: to square a circle.
14. to bring to the form of a right angle; set at right angles.
15. to even the score of (a contest).
16. to set (the shoulders and back) in an erect posture.
17. to make straight, level, or even: Square the cloth on the table.
18. to regulate, as by a standard.
19. to adjust harmoniously or satisfactorily: Can you square such actions with your conscience?
20. to balance; pay off; settle: to square a debt.
21. Slang. to bribe.
v.i. 22. to accord; agree: That theory does not square with the facts.
23. square away,
a. to make preparations; get ready.
b. to assume a fighting stance.
c. to put in order.
24. square off, to assume a fighting stance.
25. square up, to settle an account.
adj. 26. forming a right angle: a square corner.
27. having four sides and four right angles or three pairs of parallel sides meeting at right angles: a square box.
28. having the form of a square and designated by a unit of linear measurement forming a side of the square: one square foot.
29. equal to a square of a specified length on a side: five miles square.
30. Naut. being at right angles to the mast and the keel.
31. having a solid, sturdy form.
32. straight, level, or even, as a surface.
33. having all accounts settled.
34. fair; honest.
35. straightforward; unequivocal.
36. Slang. conventional or conservative in style or outlook.
adv. 37. in square or rectangular form.
38. at right angles.
39. straightforwardly; fairly; honestly.
Idioms: 1. on the square,
a. at right angles.
b. Informal. straightforward; honest.
2. out of square,
a. not at right angles.
b. not in agreement.
[1250–1300; < Old French esquar(r)e < Vulgar Latin *exquadra, derivative of *exquadrāre= Latin ex- ex-1 + quadrāre to square (see quadrate)]
square′ness, n.
squar′er, n.
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square
(skwâr)Noun
1. A rectangle having four equal sides.
2. The product that results when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself. The square of 8, for example, is 64.
Adjective
Of, being, or using units that express the measure of area: square miles.
Verb
To multiply a number, quantity, or expression by itself.
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Square
a body of troops drawn up in a square formation.Examples: square of battle, 1599; of pedestrians, 1893; of pikes, 1602.
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square
Past participle: squared
Gerund: squaring
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| Noun | 1. |  square - (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"geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces regular polygon - a polygon with all sides and all angles equal quadrate - a square-shaped object rectangle - a parallelogram with four right angles |
| 2. | square - the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance" number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" | |
| 3. |  square - an open area at the meeting of two or more streetscity - an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate" | |
| 4. | square - something approximating the shape of a square | |
| 5. | square - someone who doesn't understand what is going on | |
| 6. | square - a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech conservative, conservativist - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | |
| 7. | 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" checker board, checkerboard - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | |
| 8. | square - 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" carpenter's square - a steel square used by carpenters; larger than a try square hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands try square - a square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece T-square - a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines | |
| Verb | 1. | square - make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file" |
| 2. | square - raise to the second power arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations multiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" | |
| 3. | square - cause to match, as of ideas or acts | |
| 4. | square - position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders" position - cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | |
| 5. | square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" | |
| 6. | square - pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him" settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement | |
| 7. | square - turn the paddle; in canoeing paddle - propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" | |
| 8. | square - turn the oar, while rowing row - propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" | |
| Adj. | 1. | square - having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner" |
| 2. | square - characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" honest, honorable - not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" lawful - conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" | |
| 3. | square - providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" wholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food" | |
| 4. | square - leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech paid - marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" | |
| 5. | square - without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" | |
| 6. | square - rigidly conventional or old-fashioned jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes" | |
| Adv. | 1. | square - in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me" |
| 2. | square - in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square" | |
| 3. | square - firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy" |
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square
noun
1. town square, close, quad, market square, quadrangle, village square The house is located in one of Pimlico's prettiest squares.
2. (Informal) conservative, dinosaur, traditionalist, die-hard, stick-in-the-mud (informal), fuddy-duddy (informal), old buffer (Brit. informal), antediluvian, back number (informal), (old) fogey I'm a square, man. I adore Steely Dan.
adjective
1. straight, rectangular, oblong, at right angles, quadrilateral His fingernails were square and cut neatly across.
2. fair, just, straight, genuine, decent, ethical, straightforward, upright, honest, equitable, upfront (informal), on the level (informal), kosher (informal), dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), above board, fair and square, on the up and up We are asking for a square deal.
3. (Informal) old-fashioned, straight (slang), conservative, conventional, dated, bourgeois, out of date, stuffy, behind the times, strait-laced, out of the ark (informal), Pooterish I felt so square in my three-piece suit.
old-fashioned modern, fashionable, stylish, trendy (Brit. informal), in vogue, modish, du jour (French), the new, voguish, culty
old-fashioned modern, fashionable, stylish, trendy (Brit. informal), in vogue, modish, du jour (French), the new, voguish, culty
4. level, even, equal, evenly, matched, balanced, drawn, on a par, neck and neck, level pegging, even stevens (informal) The sides finished all square in the first leg.
verb
1. (often with with) agree, match, fit, accord, correspond, tally, conform, reconcile, harmonize His dreams did not square with reality.
2. even up, make equal They came from three down to square the match.
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square
nounSlang. An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate:
Informal: stick-in-the-mud.
1. Having four equal sides and four right angles:
2. Free from bias in judgment:
disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, fair-minded, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced.
Idiom: fair and square.
4. Slang. Conforming to established practice or standards:
2. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use:
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square
[skwɛəʳ]A. N
1. (= shape) → cuadrado m, cuadro m; (on graph paper, chessboard, crossword) → casilla f; (= piece) [of material, paper, chocolate etc] → cuadrado m; (= scarf) → pañuelo m
to cut into squares → cortar en cuadros or cuadrados
to go back to square one → volver a empezar desde cero
to cut into squares → cortar en cuadros or cuadrados
to go back to square one → volver a empezar desde cero
5. (= drawing instrument) → escuadra f
B. ADJ
2. (forming right angle) → en ángulo recto, en escuadra
to be square with sth → estar en ángulo recto or en escuadra con algo
ensure that the frame is square → asegúrese de que el marco forme ángulos rectos
to be square with sth → estar en ángulo recto or en escuadra con algo
ensure that the frame is square → asegúrese de que el marco forme ángulos rectos
3. [face, jaw, shoulder] → cuadrado
4. (Math) → cuadrado
a square foot/kilometre → un pie/kilómetro cuadrado
a kilometre square → un kilómetro por un kilómetro
a square foot/kilometre → un pie/kilómetro cuadrado
a kilometre square → un kilómetro por un kilómetro
5. (= substantial) [meal] → decente, como Dios manda
it's three days since I had a square meal → hace tres días que no como decentemente or como Dios manda
it's three days since I had a square meal → hace tres días que no como decentemente or como Dios manda
6. (= fair, honest) → justo, equitativo
to give sb a square deal → ser justo con algn
he didn't get a square deal → lo trataron injustamente
I'll be square with you → seré justo contigo
to give sb a square deal → ser justo con algn
he didn't get a square deal → lo trataron injustamente
I'll be square with you → seré justo contigo
C. ADV square in the middle → justo en el centro, justo en el medio
to look sb square in the eye → mirar a algn directamente a los ojos
the blow caught him square on the chin → el golpe le dio en plena barbilla or de lleno en la barbilla
he turned to face me square on → se volvió para tenerme de cara
see also fair 1 B1
to look sb square in the eye → mirar a algn directamente a los ojos
the blow caught him square on the chin → el golpe le dio en plena barbilla or de lleno en la barbilla
he turned to face me square on → se volvió para tenerme de cara
see also fair 1 B1
D. VT
1. (= make square) → cuadrar
to square one's shoulders → ponerse derecho
to try to square the circle → intentar lograr la cuadratura del círculo
to square one's shoulders → ponerse derecho
to try to square the circle → intentar lograr la cuadratura del círculo
E. VI → cuadrar (with con) it doesn't square with what you said before → esto no cuadra con lo que dijiste antes
F. CPD square brackets NPL → corchetes mpl
square dance N → cuadrilla f (baile)
square rigger N → buque m de vela con aparejo de cruz
square root N → raíz f cuadrada
square dance N → cuadrilla f (baile)
square rigger N → buque m de vela con aparejo de cruz
square root N → raíz f cuadrada
square off VT + ADV → cuadrar
square up VI + ADV
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square
(skweə) noun1. a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.
2. something in the shape of this.
3. an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.
4. the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself. 3 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.
adjective1. having the shape of a square or right angle. I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.
2. (of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc. If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).
3. measuring a particular amount on all four sides. This piece of wood is two metres square.
4. old-fashioned. square ideas about clothes.
adverb1. at right angles, or in a square shape. The carpet is not cut square with the corner.
2. firmly and directly. She hit him square on the point of the chin.
verb1. to give a square shape to or make square.
2. to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc). I must square my account with you.
3. to (cause to) fit or agree. His story doesn't square with the facts.
4. to multiply a number by itself. Two squared is four.
squared adjective1. marked or ruled with squares. squared paper.
2. having been squared.
ˈsquarely adverb directly and firmly. He stood squarely in front of me; She looked squarely at me.
square centimetre/metre etc (often abbreviated to cm2, *m2etc when written) an area equal to a square in which each side is one centimetre, metre etc. If the door is 3 metres high and 1.5 metres wide, its area is 4.5 square metres.
square root the number which, multiplied by itself, gives the number that is being considered. The square root of 16 is 4 ( 16 = 4).
fair and square directly. He hit him fair and square on the nose.
go back to square one to start all over again.
a square deal a fair bargain; fair treatment.
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square
n. cuadrado; a. cuadrado-a; correcto-a, justo, -a.
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square
adj cuadrado; — meter metro cuadradoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.