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      square
      noun
      (geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
      Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
      A cell in a grid.
      A square piece, part, or surface.
      The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
      (Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
      (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
      An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
      An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
      (often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
      (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
      (computing) A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
      (military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
      (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
      (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
      (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
      (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
      (academia) A mortarboard.
      The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
      (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
      (slang) Cigarette.
      (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
      (slang, MLE) A well-defined torso.
      A surname.
      (colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal. [(idiomatic) A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour.]
      (1950s slang, dated) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.
      (dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
      (figuratively, obsolete) A true measure, standard, or pattern.
      (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
      verb
      (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
      (nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
      (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
      (ambitransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
      (transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
      (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
      (transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
      (transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
      (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
      To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
      To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
      To form with four sides and four right angles.
      To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
      To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
      (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
      (archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
      (obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
      adjective
      Shaped like a square (the polygon).
      Forming a right angle (90°).
      (of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
      (nautical) Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
      Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
      Honest; straightforward; fair.
      Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
      Even; tied
      (slang, derogatory) Socially conventional; boring.
      (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
      Solid, decent, substantial.
      Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
      (automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.
      adverb
      Directly.
      Roots
      quadrasquar- · Latin · square, four
      Synonyms for square
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      Words related to square
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