1. (noun)square, foursquare (geometry) a planerectangle with fourequal sides and fourright angles; a four-sided regularpolygon "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 equalterms "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
3. (noun)public square, square an openarea 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
8. (adj)square a handtool consisting of two straightarms at right angles; used to construct or testright angles "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"
9. (adj)square having fourequal sides and fourright angles or forming a rightangle "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. (verb)square, straight rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
15. (verb)square, square up makesquare "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
23. (adverb)squarely, square in a straight direct way "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
24. (adverb)squarely, square in a squareshape "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
25. (adverb)squarely, square firmly and solidly "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
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