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Meaning of square
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
square
adv 1: in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the
eye"; "ran square into me" [syn: {squarely}, {square}]
2: in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded
the sheet of paper square" [syn: {squarely}, {square}]
3: firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the
ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his
enemy" [syn: {squarely}, {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: {circular}, {round}]
2: characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a
square deal" [syn: {straight}, {square}] [ant: {corrupt},
{crooked}]
3: providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid
food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a
day" [syn: {hearty}, {satisfying}, {solid}, {square},
{substantial}]
4: leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"
5: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he
is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn:
{square(a)}, {straightforward}, {straight}]
6: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: {square},
{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: {square}, {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: {square}, {second power}]
3: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets [syn:
{public square}, {square}]
4: something approximating the shape of a square
5: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn:
{square}, {lame}]
6: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
[syn: {square}, {square toes}]
7: any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric
figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a
checkerboard has 64 squares"
8: 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"
v 1: make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a
file" [syn: {square}, {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}, {square}]
8: turn the oar, while rowing [syn: {feather}, {square}]
Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.
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