Definition of Square
Square
square


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles;

e.g. A square is one of the many basic shapes.

(adjective)
having a square base with a right angle;

e.g. The square base of a pyramid is its building foundation.

(adjective)
(mathematics) raised to the second power;

e.g. The square root of four is two.

(adjective)
having a shape that is broad for the height and rectangular outline;

e.g. She looked square in her suit jacket with broad shoulder pads.

(adjective)
rectangular and equilateral within a section;

e.g. She walked into the square tower.

(adjective)
(metrics) being or converted to a unit of area equal in measure to a square each side of which measures one unit of a specified unit of length;

e.g. He wanted to know the square footage of the house before looking further into the sale.

(adjective)
being of a specified length in each of two equal dimensions;

e.g. She needed twenty feet square of cloth for her next project.

(adjective)
exactly adjusted: precisely constructed or aligned;

e.g. They had a square deal for him to have three square meals a day.

(adjective)
an approximate cube;

e.g. The TV stand has several squares in it.

(verb)
to bring approximately to a right angle;

e.g. He would square his shoulders in a show of confidence;

(verb)
to balance or even the score of;

e.g. It was time to square away the accounts and get what was due to them.

(adverb)
with nothing intervening;

e.g. He was so dazed, he ran square into the pole;

(abbreviation)
firm or straightforward;

e.g. She looked him square in the eye to show that she would not back down.

(noun)
rectangle with four equal sides;

e.g. to each square their own, in the business of bricks.

(noun)
an open place or area formed at the meeting of two or more streets (or block);

e.g. They took a walk around the square for a bit of exercise.

(noun)
a person who is conservative or has a reserved nature;

e.g. He believed she was a square with no originality or difference from all the other girls.



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