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Square

/ Square /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
hand tool
Kinds of:
carpenter's square try square T-square
adjective satellite Sense 2
characterized by honesty and fairness
"a square deal"
"wanted to do the square thing"
Similar:
honest honorable
adjective satellite Sense 3
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Similar:
conventional
Domain:
cant jargon slang
verb Sense 4
cause to match, as of ideas or acts
Type of:
adjust conform adapt
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
be compatible with
"one idea squares with another"
Type of:
match fit correspond
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 6
pay someone and settle a debt
"I squared with him"
Type of:
settle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
position so as to be square
"He squared his shoulders"
Type of:
position
Kinds of:
square up jog even up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
raise to the second power
Type of:
multiply
Derived:
second power
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
arithmetic
verb Sense 9
make square
"Square the circle"
"square the wood with a file"
Type of:
shape form
Derived:
foursquare
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 10
something approximating the shape of a square
Type of:
shape form
noun Sense 11
any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
"a checkerboard has 64 squares"
Type of:
artifact artefact
Has parts:
checkerboard
Derived:
square up
noun Sense 12
a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Type of:
conservative conservativist
Domain:
colloquialism
noun Sense 13
someone who doesn''t understand what is going on
Type of:
simpleton simple
noun Sense 14
the product of two equal terms
"nine is the second power of three"
"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
Type of:
number
noun Sense 15
(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"
Type of:
regular polygon rectangle
Kinds of:
quadrate
Derived:
square up
Domain:
geometry
adjective Sense 16
having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
"a square peg in a round hole"
"a square corner"
Similar:
quadrate right-angled squared squarish
Opposites:
round circular
See also:
angular angulate
adverb Sense 17
firmly and solidly
"hit the ball squarely"
"the bat met the ball squarely"
"planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
adverb Sense 18
with honesty and fairness
"dealt squarely with his customers"
"always treated me square"
Pertains to:
straight
adverb Sense 19
in a square shape
"a squarely cut piece of paper"
"folded the sheet of paper square"
verb Sense 20
turn the paddle; in canoeing
Type of:
paddle
Derived:
feather feathering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 21
turn the oar, while rowing
Type of:
row
Derived:
feather feathering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 22
an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Type of:
tract piece of land piece of ground
Kinds of:
Trafalgar Square plaza place piazza
Has parts:
city
adverb Sense 23
in a straight direct way
"looked him squarely in the eye"
"ran square into me"
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
23
Total Synonyms
7
Total Relationships
60
Times Searched
4
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Related Words

hand tool carpenter's square try square T-square honest honorable conventional adjust conform adapt match fit