square

(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”

the product of two equal terms

• “nine is the second power of three”
• “gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance”

an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

something approximating the shape of a square

someone who doesn''t understand what is going on

a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

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

• “a checkerboard has 64 squares”

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”

raise to the second power

make square

• “Square the circle”
• “square the wood with a file”

cause to match, as of ideas or acts

position so as to be square

• “He squared his shoulders”

be compatible with

• “one idea squares with another”

pay someone and settle a debt

• “I squared with him”

turn the paddle; in canoeing

turn the oar, while rowing

having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle

• “a square peg in a round hole”
• “a square corner”

leaving no balance

• “my account with you is now all square”

characterized by honesty and fairness

• “a square deal”
• “wanted to do the square thing”

without evasion or compromise

• “a square contradiction”
• “he is not being as straightforward as it appears”

rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

in a straight direct way

• “looked him squarely in the eye”
• “ran square into me”

with honesty and fairness

• “dealt squarely with his customers”
• “always treated me square”

in a square shape

• “a squarely cut piece of paper”
• “folded the sheet of paper square”

firmly and solidly

• “hit the ball squarely”
• “the bat met the ball squarely”
• “planted his great bulk square before his enemy”