square
noun
[ skwɛː ]
• a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.
• "a grid of ruled squares"
• an open, typically four-sided, area surrounded by buildings in a village, town, or city.
• "a market square"
Similar:
marketplace,
close,
quadrangle,
quad,
courtyard,
arcade,
mall,
galleria,
precinct,
forum,
plaza,
piazza,
• the product of a number multiplied by itself.
• "a circle's area is proportional to the square of its radius"
• an L-shaped or T-shaped instrument used for obtaining or testing right angles.
• "a carpenter's square"
• a person considered to be old-fashioned or boringly conventional in attitude or behaviour.
• "Reg is such a square"
Similar:
(old) fogey,
conservative,
traditionalist,
conventionalist,
diehard,
conformist,
bourgeois,
museum piece,
fossil,
dinosaur,
troglodyte,
stick-in-the-mud,
fuddy-duddy,
back number,
stuffed shirt,
sobersides,
• a square meal.
• "three squares a day"
square
adjective
• having the shape or approximate shape of a square.
• "a square table"
Similar:
quadrilateral,
rectangular,
oblong,
right-angled,
at right angles,
perpendicular,
straight,
straight on,
level,
parallel,
horizontal,
upright,
vertical,
true,
plane,
cubic,
• denoting a unit of measurement equal to the area of a square whose side is of the unit specified.
• "30,000 square feet of new gallery space"
• at right angles; perpendicular.
• "these lines must be square to the top and bottom marked edges"
• level or parallel.
• "place two pieces of wood one on top of the other, ensuring that they are exactly square"
• (of two people) owing nothing to each other.
• "an acknowledgement that we are square"
• old-fashioned or boringly conventional.
• "Elvis was anything but square"
Similar:
old-fashioned,
behind the times,
out of date,
conservative,
traditionalist,
conventional,
diehard,
conformist,
bourgeois,
strait-laced,
fogeyish,
stuffy,
unadventurous,
boring,
stick-in-the-mud,
fuddy-duddy,
• (of rhythm) simple and straightforward.
square
adverb
• directly; straight.
• "the ball hit me square in the forehead"
• in a direction transversely across the field or pitch.
• "the ball bounced almost square to the left"
square
verb
• make square or rectangular; give a square or rectangular cross section to.
• "you can square off the other edge"
• multiply (a number) by itself.
• "5 squared equals 25"
• balance (an account).
• "institutions are anxious to square their books before the election"
• bring (one's shoulders) into a position in which they appear square and broad, typically to prepare oneself for a difficult task or event.
• "chin up, shoulders squared, she stepped into the room"
• secure the help or acquiescence of (someone), especially by offering an inducement.
• "faced with such declarations, politicians were resolved to squash or square the press"
Similar:
bribe,
buy off,
buy,
corrupt,
suborn,
give an inducement to,
grease someone's palm,
give a backhander to,
give a sweetener to,
• pass (a ball) across the field, especially towards the centre.
• set (a yard or other part of a ship) at right angles to the keel or other point of reference.
• (of a planet) have a square aspect with (another planet or position).
• "Saturn squares the Sun on the 17th"
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French esquare (noun), esquarre (past participle, used as an adjective), esquarrer (verb), based on Latin quadra ‘square’.
