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square > 25 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	square	Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
	2	square	Leaving no balance
	3	square, straight	Characterized by honesty and fairness
	4	square, straightforward	Without evasion or compromise
	5	square, straight	Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
ADVERB	1	square, squarely	In a straight direct way
	2	square, squarely	With honesty and fairness
	3	square, squarely	In a square shape
	4	square, squarely	Firmly and solidly
NOUN	1	square, foursquare	(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
	2	square, second power	The product of two equal terms
	3	square, public square	An open area at the meeting of two or more streets
	4	square	Something approximating the shape of a square
	5	square, lame	Someone who doesn't understand what is going on
	6	square, square toes	A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
	7	square	Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
	8	square	A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles
VERB	1	square	Raise to the second power
	2	square, square up	Make square
	3	square	Cause to match, as of ideas or acts
	4	square	Position so as to be square
	5	square	Be compatible with
	6	square	Pay someone and settle a debt
	7	square, feather	Turn the paddle
	8	square, feather	Turn the oar, while rowing

square > pronunciation
Sounds	skweh'r
Rhymes	affair, air, airfare, and 109 more rhymes in ehr at the HyperDic website...

square > adjective 1
Meaning	Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle.
Examples	"a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
Similar	quadrate; right-angled; squared; squarish
See also	angular, angulate
Contrary	round, circular
Adverbs	squarely

square > adjective 2
Meaning	Leaving no balance.
Examples	"my account with you is now all square"
Similar to	paid
Usage	colloquialism

square > adjective 3
Meaning	Characterized by honesty and fairness.
Examples	"a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"
Synonyms	straight
Similar to	honest, honorable
Adverbs	squarely

square > adjective 4
Meaning	Without evasion or compromise.
Examples	"a square contradiction"
Synonyms	straightforward
Similar to	direct
Adverbs	squarely

square > adjective 5
Meaning	Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.
Synonyms	straight
Similar to	conventional
Usage	cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

square > noun 1, shape
Meaning	(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles. A four-sided regular polygon.
Examples	"you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"
Synonyms	foursquare
Category	geometry
Narrower	quadrate
Broader	regular polygon; rectangle
Adjectives	quadratic
Verbs	square

square > noun 2, quantity
Meaning	The product of two equal terms.
Examples	"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
Synonyms	second power
Broader	number
Adjectives	quadratic
Verbs	square

square > noun 3, location
Meaning	An open area at the meeting of two or more streets.
Synonyms	public square
Part of	city
Narrower	Trafalgar Square; plaza, place, piazza
Broader	tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

square > noun 4, shape
Meaning	Something approximating the shape of a square.
Broader	shape, form

square > noun 5, person
Meaning	Someone who doesn't understand what is going on.
Synonyms	lame
Broader	simpleton, simple

square > noun 6, person
Meaning	A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views.
Synonyms	square toes
Broader	conservative, conservativist
Usage	colloquialism

square > noun 7, artifact
Meaning	Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.
Examples	"a checkerboard has 64 squares"
Part of	checkerboard
Broader	artifact, artefact
Verbs	square; square

square > noun 8, artifact
Meaning	A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles. Used to construct or test right angles.
Examples	"the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"
Narrower	carpenter's square; try square; T-square
Broader	hand tool

square > adverb 1
Meaning	In a straight direct way.
Examples	"looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
Synonyms	squarely

square > adverb 2
Meaning	With honesty and fairness.
Examples	"dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square"
Synonyms	squarely

square > adverb 3
Meaning	In a square shape.
Examples	"a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
Synonyms	squarely

square > adverb 4
Meaning	Firmly and solidly.
Examples	"hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
Synonyms	squarely

square > verb 2, change
Meaning	Make square.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
Synonyms	square up
Broader	shape, form
Nouns	square; square

square > verb 3, stative
Meaning	Cause to match, as of ideas or acts.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Broader	adjust, conform, adapt

square > verb 5, stative
Meaning	Be compatible with.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"one idea squares with another"
Broader	match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree