square
adj 1: having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a
right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square
corner" [ant: {round}]
2: (informal) leaving no balance; "my account with you is now
all square" [syn: {square(p)}]
3: characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal";
"wanted to do the square thing" [syn: {straight}]
4: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he
is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: {square(a)},
{straightforward}]
5: (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: {straight}]
n 1: (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" [syn: {foursquare}]
2: the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of
three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square
of the distance" [syn: {second power}]
3: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets [syn: {public
square}]
4: (informal) a formal and conservative person with
old-fashioned views [syn: {square toes}]
5: any object having a shape similar to a plane geometric
figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a
chessboard has 64 squares"
6: a 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"
adv 1: in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye";
"ran square into me" [syn: {squarely}]
2: with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his
customers"; "always treated me square" [syn: {squarely}]
3: in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded
the sheet of paper square" [syn: {squarely}]
4: firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met
the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before
his enemy" [syn: {squarely}]
v 1: make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a
file" [syn: {square up}]
2: raise to the second power
3: cause to match, as of ideas or acts
4: position so as to be square: "He squared his shoulders"
5: be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
6: pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
7: turn the paddle; in canoeing [syn: {feather}]
8: turn the oar, while rowing [syn: {feather}]