square
noun
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a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square
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any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
a checkerboard has 64 squares
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an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
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a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
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someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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the product of two equal terms
nine is the second power of three
gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
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(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
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something approximating the shape of a square
verb
- 1
make square
Square the circle
square the wood with a file
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raise to the second power
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turn the oar, while rowing
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turn the paddle; in canoeing
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