square
UK /skwɛə/ · US /skwɛɹ/ noun, adjective, adverb, verb, proper noun
Forms squares squarer squarest squaring squared
- noun (geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- noun A cell in a grid. “You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.”
- noun A square piece, part, or surface. “a square of glass”
- noun The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- noun (Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- noun (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- noun An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- noun (figuratively, obsolete) A true measure, standard, or pattern.
- adjective Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- adjective Forming a right angle (90°). “a square corner”
- adjective (of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning. “The foundation has to be level and the framing has to be square.”
- adjective (nautical) Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
- adjective Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself. “A floor that measures 4 feet square has an area of 16 square feet.”
- adjective Honest; straightforward; fair. “I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.”
- adjective Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
- adjective Even; tied “to make or leave the accounts square”
- adverb Directly.
- verb (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular: “The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.”
- verb (nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel. “to square the yards”
- verb (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
Synonyms
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Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra.
Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").
Webster’s 1913
- noun (a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.]
- noun Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as: (a) A square piece or fragment.
- adjective Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
- adjective Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
Etymology [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. équerre a carpenter's square (cf. It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See Four, and cf. Quadrant, Squad, Squer a square.]
Etymology [Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See Square, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “square”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details