1. (

• square ,
• foursquare

) (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" ;

2. (

• square ,
• second_power

) the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance" ;

3. (

• public_square ,
• square

) an open area at the meeting of two or more streets ;

4. (

• square ,

) something approximating the shape of a square ;

5. (

• square ,
• lame

) someone who doesn't understand what is going on ;

6. (

• square ,
• square_toes

) a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views ;

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" ;

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" ;

1. (

• square ,
• square_up

) make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file" ;

2. (

• square

) raise to the second power ;

3. (

• square ,

) cause to match, as of ideas or acts ;

4. (

• square

) position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders" ;

5. (

• square

) be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" ;

6. (

• square

) pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him" ;

7. (

• feather ,
• square ,

) turn the paddle; in canoeing ;

8. (

• feather ,
• square

) turn the oar, while rowing ;

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. (

• straight ,
• square ,

) characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" ;

3. (

• hearty ,
• satisfying ,
• solid ,
• square ,
• substantial

) providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" ;

4. (

• square

) leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square" ;

5. (

• square ,
• straightforward ,
• straight

) without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" ;

6. (

• square ,
• straight

) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned ;

1. (

• squarely ,
• square

) in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me" ;

2. (

• squarely ,
• square ,

) in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square" ;

3. (

• squarely ,
• square ,

) firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy" ;