Square Definition
skwâr
squared, squarer, squares, squarest, squaring
noun
squares
A plane figure having four equal sides and four right angles.
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Anything having or approximating this shape.
A square of cloth.
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Any of the spaces on a board for chess, checkers, etc.
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An instrument having two sides that form an angle of 90 degrees, used for drawing or testing right angles.
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Synonyms:
- rectilinear plane
- decent
- fair
- just
- plane figure
- equal-sided rectangle
- recreational area
- open space
- traffic-circle
- plaza
- intersection
- civic center
- city-center
- foursquare
- second power
adjective
squarer, squarest
Having four equal sides and four right angles.
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More or less cubical; rectangular and three-dimensional, as a box.
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Forming a right angle, or having a rectangular part or parts.
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In alignment or flush.
Put the paper square with the edge of the desk.
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Correctly adjusted, positioned, or arranged; level, even, shipshape, etc.
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verb
squared, squares, squaring
To make into a square; make square.
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To cut to a square or rectangular shape. Often used with off.
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To make into any sort of rectangle.
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To test or adjust with regard to straightness or evenness.
To square a surface with a straightedge.
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To bring into a position or arrangement that is straight, upright, perpendicular, even across, etc.
To square one's shoulders.
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adverb
Honestly; fairly; justly.
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So as to be or form a square; at right angles.
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In a square shape.
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Directly; exactly.
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Firmly; solidly.
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idiom
on the square
- At right angles.
- Honestly and openly:
has always dealt on the square.
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out of square
- Not at exact right angles.
- Not in agreement.
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square peg in a round hole
- A misfit.
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three squares a day
- Three square meals eaten in a day.
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on the square
- at right angles (to something specified)
- honest(ly), fair(ly), genuine(ly), etc.
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Square
- on the square
- out of square
- square peg in a round hole
- three squares a day
- on the square
- out of square
- square around
- square away
- square off
- square oneself
- square the circle
- square up
Origin of Square
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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 kwetwer- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French esquarre (French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin quadra (“square").
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