English to English
square
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adjective (a)
- Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon(noun.shape)Example:
You can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides.
source: wordnet30 - the product of two equal terms(noun.quantity)Example:
Gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.
source: wordnet30 - an open area at the meeting of two or more streets(noun.location)source: wordnet30
- something approximating the shape of a square(noun.shape)source: wordnet30
- a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles(noun.artifact)Example:
A checkerboard has 64 squares.
source: wordnet30 - a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles(noun.artifact)Example:
The carpenter who built this room must have lost his square.
source: wordnet30 - The corner, or angle, of a figure.(noun)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- in a straight direct way(adv.all)Example:
Looked him squarely in the eye.
Ran square into me.
source: wordnet30 - in a square shape(adv.all)Example:
A squarely cut piece of paper.
Folded the sheet of paper square.
source: wordnet30 - firmly and solidly(adv.all)Example:
Hit the ball squarely.
The bat met the ball squarely.
Planted his great bulk square before his enemy.
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adjective satellite (s)
- providing abundant nourishment(adj.all)Example:
Four square meals a day.
source: wordnet30 - leaving no balance(adj.all)Example:
My account with you is now all square.
source: wordnet30 - without evasion or compromise(adj.all)Example:
A square contradiction.
source: wordnet30 - rigidly conventional or old-fashioned(adj.all)source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- make square(verb.change)Example:
Square the circle.
Square the wood with a file.
source: wordnet30 - raise to the second power(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts(verb.stative)source: wordnet30
- position so as to be square(verb.motion)Example:
He squared his shoulders.
source: wordnet30 - be compatible with(verb.stative)Example:
One idea squares with another.
source: wordnet30 - pay someone and settle a debt(verb.possession)Example:
I squared with him.
source: wordnet30 - turn the oar, while rowing(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- To form with four sides and four right angles.(verb)source: webster1913
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.(verb)source: webster1913