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square

  [skwair] ,noun, verb, squared, squar⋅ing, adjective, squar⋅er, squar⋅est, adverb
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–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.
a. the second power of a quantity, expressed as a2 = a × a, 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 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: to get three squares a day.
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.
–verb (used with object)
15. to reduce to square, rectangular, or cubical form (often fol. by off): He squared off the log to make a timber for his house.
16. to mark out in one or more squares or rectangles.
17. to test with measuring devices for deviation from a right angle, straight line, or plane surface.
18. Mathematics.
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.
19. to bring to the form of a right angle or right angles; set at right angles to something else.
20. to even the score of (a contest): to square a game.
21. to set (the shoulders and back) in an erect posture so they form an angle similar to a right angle.
22. to make straight, level, or even: Square the cloth on the table.
23. to regulate, as by a standard; adapt; adjust.
24. to adjust harmoniously or satisfactorily (often fol. by with): How could you square such actions with your conscience?
25. to balance; pay off; settle: to square a debt.
26. Slang. to secure a desired action or attitude by means of bribery; bribe.
–verb (used without object)
27. to accord or agree (often fol. by with): Your theory does not square with the facts.
28. to settle, even, or balance a matter, as by paying a bill, returning a favor, or tying a score.
29. (of a cotton plant) to form buds.
–adjective
30. formed by or as a right angle; having some part or parts rectangular: a square corner.
31. 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: a square box.
32. 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: one square foot.
33. noting a system of area measurement in terms of such units.
34. (of an area) equal to a square of a specified length on a side: five miles square.
35. at right angles, or perpendicular.
36. Nautical. at right angles to the mast and the keel, as a yard.
37. having a square or rectangular section: a square bar.
38. having a solid, sturdy form, esp. when characterized by a rectilinear or angular outline.
39. straight, level, or even, as a surface.
40. leaving no balance of debt on either side; having all accounts settled: I'm all square with my landlord.
41. just, fair, or honest.
42. straightforward, direct, or unequivocal.
43. Slang. conventional or conservative in style or outlook; not hip.
–adverb
44. so as to be square; in square or rectangular form.
45. at right angles.
46. fairly or honestly.
47. directly or straightforwardly.
—Verb phrases
48. 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.
49. square away,
a. Nautical. to arrange the yards so as to sail before the wind.
b. to prepare; get ready: Square away for dinner.
c. to assume a position of defense or offense: The wrestlers squared away for the first fall.
d. to organize or complete satisfactorily; put in order: I want to square away the work before going on vacation.
50. square off,
a. to assume a posture of defense or offense, as in boxing: They squared off for a fight.
b. to prepare to dispute with another; show signs of opposition or resistance: The governor and the legislature are squaring off over the landfill issue.
51. square up, to pay or settle an account, bill, etc.: We squared up with the cashier and checked out of the hotel.
—Idioms
52. on the square,
a. at right angles.
b. Informal. straightforward; honest; just: Their dealings with us have always been on the square.
53. out of square,
a. not at right angles.
b. not in agreement; incorrect; irregular: The inspector's conclusions are out of square with his earlier report.
54. square the circle, to strive without chance of success; attempt the impossible.
Origin:
1250–1300; (n.) ME < OF esquar(r)e < VL *exquadra, deriv. of *exquadrāre (L ex- ex- 1 + quadrāre to square; see quadrate ); (v.) ME squaren < OF esquarrer < VL *exquadrāre; (adj.) ME < OF esquarré, ptp. of esquarrer; (adv.) deriv. of the adj.

Related forms:
squar⋅a⋅ble, adjective
squarelike, adjective
squareness, noun
squarer, noun

Synonyms:
3. place, park. 22. straighten. 23. rectify. 40. balanced. 42. downright, straight.
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square   (skwâr)   
n.  

  1. A plane figure having four equal sides.

  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.

    1. 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.

    2. A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.

  7. Slang A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.

  8. Slang A square meal. Often used in the plural: three squares a day.

adj.   squar·er, squar·est

  1. Having four equal sides and four right angles.

  2. Forming a right angle.

    1. Abbr. sq. Expressed in units measuring area: square feet.

    2. Having a specified length in each of two equal dimensions: a room that is 12 feet square.

  4. Having a base that is a square: a square pyramid.

  5. Nautical Set at right angles to the mast and keel. Used of the yards of a square-rigged ship.

  6. Approximately rectangular and equilateral in cross section: a square house.

  7. Characterized by blocklike solidity or sturdiness.

  8. Honest; direct: a square answer.

  9. Just; equitable: a square deal.

  10. Having all accounts settled; even.

  11. Sports Even; tied.

  12. Slang Rigidly conventional; dull.

v.   squared, squar·ing, squares

v.   tr.

  1. To cut to a square or rectangular shape.

  2. To test for conformity to a desired plane, straight line, or right angle.

  3. To mark into squares. Often used with off.

    1. To bring into conformity or agreement: She could not square the request with her principles.

    2. To bring (oneself) into a better position or relation: He tried to square himself with his parents.

    3. To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.

    4. To find a square equal in area to (the area of a given figure).

  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

    1. To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.

    2. 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.  

  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.

  6. Nautical To square the yards of a sailing vessel.

  7. To put away or in order.

Phrasal Verb(s):
square away

  1. Nautical To square the yards of a sailing vessel.

  2. To put away or in order.

square offTo assume a fighting stance; prepare to fight.
square upTo settle a bill or debt.

Idiom(s):
on the square

  1. Mathematics At right angles.

  2. Honestly and openly: has always dealt on the square.


Idiom(s):
out of square

  1. Mathematics Not at exact right angles.

  2. Not in agreement.


Idiom(s):
square peg in a round hole Informal A misfit.

[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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Cultural Dictionary

square (of a number)

A number multiplied by itself, or raised to the second power. The square of three is nine; the square of nine is eighty-one.

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Slang Dictionary
square (meal)

  1. n.
    a good and nutritious meal. (Always with quantifier when square is used without meal.) : I need three squares a day—at least. , The old soak looks like he could use a square meal.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

square  (adj.)
c.1300, "containing four equal sides and right angles," from square (n.). Meaning "honest, fair," is first attested 1564; that of "straight, direct" is from 1804. Sense of "old-fashioned" is 1944, U.S. jazz slang, said to be from shape of a conductor's hand gestures in a regular four-beat rhythm. (Square-toes meant nearly the same thing in 1771, from a style of shoes then fallen from fashion.) Squaresville is attested from 1956. Square one "the beginning" is first recorded 1960, probably from board games; square dance first attested 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: square
Function: adjective
: fitting the factual or legal situation at bar square holding of a Florida court to that effect —Milhet Caterers, Incorporated v. North Western Meat, Incorporated, 185 So. Second 196 (1966)> —square·ly adverb
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: square
Pronunciation: 'skwa(&)r, 'skwe(&)r
Function: adjective
: being or converted to a unit of area equal in measure to a square eachside of which measures one unit of a specified unit of length square foot> square meter>
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Science Dictionary
square   (skwâr)  Pronunciation Key 
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.

Verb   To multiply a number, quantity, or expression by itself.
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Idioms & Phrases

out of square

see under on the square.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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