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Noun
anything having this form or a form approximating it, as a city block, rectangular piece of candy, etc.
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.
Mathematics .
- the second power of a quantity, expressed as a 2 = a × a, where a is the quantity.
- a quantity that is the second power of another
- Four is the square of two.
Slang . a person who is ignorant of or uninterested in current fads, ideas, manners, tastes, etc.; an old-fashioned, conventional, or conservative person.
Verb (used with object)
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.
Adjective
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
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
Verb phrases
square around, Baseball . (of a bunter) to shift the feet and body from a conventional batting stance to a position facing the pitcher, with the bat held across and in front of the body.
square away,
- Nautical . to arrange the yards so as to sail before the wind.
- to prepare; get ready
- Square away for dinner.
- to assume a position of defense or offense
- The wrestlers squared away for the first fall.
- to organize or complete satisfactorily; put in order
- I want to square away the work before going on vacation.
Idioms
on the square
- at right angles.
- Informal . straightforward; honest; just
- Their dealings with us have always been on the square.
out of square
- not at right angles.
- not in agreement; incorrect; irregular
- The inspector's conclusions are out of square with his earlier report.
square the circle
- to strive without chance of success; attempt the impossible.
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