Definition of Square

Noun: square skwehr

(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";
- foursquare
The product of two equal terms
"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance";
- second power
An open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- public square
Something approximating the shape of a square
Someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- lame
A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- square toes
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"

Adjective: square (squarer,squarest) skwehr

Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
"a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
Characterized by honesty and fairness
"a square deal";
- straight
Providing abundant nourishment
"four square meals a day";
- hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial
Leaving no balance
"my account with you is now all square"
Without evasion or compromise
"a square contradiction";
- straightforward, straight
Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- straight

Verb: square skwehr

Make square
"Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"; "square up the circle";
- square up
(arithmetic) raise to the second power
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
- feather
Turn the oar, while rowing
- feather

Adverb: square skwehr