ALL meanings of square
square
S s - noun square shape: four equal sides 1
- noun square public place: plaza 1
- adjective square with four equal sides 1
- adjective square person: conventional 1
- adjective square with right angles 1
- adjective square honest 1
- adjective square straight, level 1
- adjective square measure: in area 1
- adjective square on equal terms 1
- adjective square no longer in debt 1
- noun square tool for carpentry, design 1
- noun square chess, checkers 1
- noun square mathematics 1
- transitive verb square make square 1
- transitive verb square math: multiply a number by itself 1
- transitive verb square shoulders: set 1
- transitive verb square reconcile 1
- abbreviation SQUARE settle 1
- noun square a rectangle having all four sides of equal length. 1
- noun square anything having this form or a form approximating it, as a city block, rectangular piece of candy, etc. 1
- noun square 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. 1
- noun square a rectangularly shaped area on a game board, as in chess or checkers. 1
- noun square a try square, T square, or the like. 1
- noun square Mathematics. the second power of a quantity, expressed as a2 = a × a, where a is the quantity. a quantity that is the second power of another: Four is the square of two. 1
- noun square Slang. a person who is ignorant of or uninterested in current fads, ideas, manners, tastes, etc.; an old-fashioned, conventional, or conservative person. 1
- noun square Military. (formerly) a body of troops drawn up in quadrilateral form. 1
- noun square Building Trades. a unit of measure for roofing materials, equal to 100 square feet (9.3 sq. m). 1
- noun square a flower bud of the cotton plant. 1
- noun square Nautical. the area at the bottom of a hatchway. 1
- noun square Usually, squares. Informal. a square meal: to get three squares a day. 1
- noun square 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. 1
- noun square Obsolete. a pattern, standard, or example. 1
- verb with object square to reduce to square, rectangular, or cubical form (often followed by off): He squared off the log to make a timber for his house. 1
- verb with object square to mark out in one or more squares or rectangles. 1
- verb with object square to test with measuring devices for deviation from a right angle, straight line, or plane surface. 1
- verb with object square Mathematics. to multiply (a number or quantity) by itself; raise to the second power. to describe or find a square that is equivalent in area to: to square a circle. 1
- verb with object square to bring to the form of a right angle or right angles; set at right angles to something else. 1
- verb with object square to even the score of (a contest): to square a game. 1
- verb with object square to set (the shoulders and back) in an erect posture so they form an angle similar to a right angle. 1
- verb with object square to make straight, level, or even: Square the cloth on the table. 1
- verb with object square to regulate, as by a standard; adapt; adjust. 1
- verb with object square to adjust harmoniously or satisfactorily (often followed by with): How could you square such actions with your conscience? 1
- verb with object square to balance; pay off; settle: to square a debt. 1
- verb with object square Slang. to secure a desired action or attitude by means of bribery; bribe. 1
- verb without object square to accord or agree (often followed by with): Your theory does not square with the facts. 1
- verb without object square to settle, even, or balance a matter, as by paying a bill, returning a favor, or tying a score. 1
- verb without object square (of a cotton plant) to form buds. 1
- adjective square formed by or as a right angle; having some part or parts rectangular: a square corner. 1
- adjective square 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. 1
- adjective square 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. 1