1. (noun)square, foursquare (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"
2. (noun)square, second power the product of two equal terms
"nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
3. (noun)public square, square an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
4. (noun)square something approximating the shape of a square
5. (noun)square, lame someone who doesn't understand what is going on
6. (noun)square, square toes a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
7. (noun)square any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
"a checkerboard has 64 squares"
8. (noun)square 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"
9. (adj)square having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
"a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
10. (adj)straight, square characterized by honesty and fairness
"straight dealing"; "a square deal"
11. (adj)hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial providing abundant nourishment
"a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"
12. (adj)square(p) leaving no balance
"my account with you is now all square"
13. (adj)square(a), straightforward, straight without evasion or compromise
"a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
14. (adj)square, straight rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
15. (verb)square, square up make square
"Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
16. (verb)square raise to the second power
17. (verb)square cause to match, as of ideas or acts
18. (verb)square position so as to be square
"He squared his shoulders"
19. (verb)square be compatible with
"one idea squares with another"
20. (verb)square pay someone and settle a debt
"I squared with him"
21. (verb)feather, square turn the paddle; in canoeing
22. (verb)feather, square turn the oar, while rowing
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