square

noun

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

    a checkerboard has 64 squares

  3. 3

    an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

  4. 4

    a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

  5. 5

    someone who doesn't understand what is going on

  6. 6

    the product of two equal terms

    nine is the second power of three

    gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance

  7. 7

    (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

  8. 8

    something approximating the shape of a square

verb

  1. 1

    make square

    Square the circle

    square the wood with a file

  2. 2

    raise to the second power

  3. 3

    turn the oar, while rowing

  4. 4

    turn the paddle; in canoeing

Synonyms

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