square

[[t]skwɛər[/t]]

n. v. squared, squar•ing,

1) math. 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) gam a rectangularly shaped area on a game board

5) bui a try square, Tsquare, or the like

6) math.

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[/ex]

7) sts Slang. a person who is old-fashioned, conventional, or conservative

8) bot a flower bud of the cotton plant

9) inf Usu., squares. Informal. a square meal:

three squares a day[/ex]

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) math.

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[/ex]

14) math. to bring to the form of a right angle; set at right angles

15) gam 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[/ex]

18) to regulate, as by a standard

19) to adjust harmoniously or satisfactorily:

Can you square such actions with your conscience?[/ex]

20) to balance; pay off; settle:

to square a debt[/ex]

21) sts Slang. to bribe

22) to accord; agree:

That theory does not square with the facts[/ex]

23) phv cvb square away

a) to make preparations; get ready

b) spo to assume a fighting stance

c) to put in order

24) phv cvb square off

spo to assume a fighting stance

25) phv square up, to settle an account

26) math. forming a right angle:

a square corner[/ex]

27) math. having four sides and four right angles or three pairs of parallel sides meeting at right angles:

a square box[/ex]

28) having the form of a square and designated by a unit of linear measurement forming a side of the square:

one square foot[/ex]

29) equal to a square of a specified length on a side:

five miles square[/ex]

30) naut. navig. 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) sts Slang. conventional or conservative in style or outlook

37) in square or rectangular form

38) math. at right angles

39) straightforwardly; fairly; honestly

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- on the square out of square

Etymology: 1250–1300; < OF esquar(r) e < VL *exquadra, der. of *exquadrāre= L ex- I+quadrāre to square (see quadrate) square′ness, n. squar′er, n.