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| 1. n. (geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angle, right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral. | |
| 2. n. (metonymically) Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form. | |
| 3. n. A cell in a grid. | |
| You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces. | |
| 4. n. A square piece, part, or surface, (such as a square of glass). | |
| 5. n. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. | |
| 6. n. (North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert. | |
| 7. n. (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspaper | |
| 8. n. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles. | |
| 9. n. (figuratively, obsolete) A true measure, standard, or pattern. | |
| 10. n. An open space often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye. | |
| 11. n. (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression. | |
| 64 is the square of 8. | |
| 12. n. (military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation. | |
| 13. n. (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology. | |
| Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square! | |
| 14. n. (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash. | |
| Enter your account number followed by a square. | |
| 15. n. (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time. | |
| An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square. | |
| 16. n. (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though p | |
| 2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square ... — Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - | |
| 2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estat | |
| 17. n. (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area. | |
| 18. n. (academia) A mortarboard | |
| 19. n. (colloquial, US) A square meal. | |
| Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day. | |
| 20. n. (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule. | |
| 21. n. The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level. | |
| 22. n. (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. | |
| 23. n. (dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel. | |
| 24. n. (slang) cigarette, Cigarette. | |
| 25. n. (brewing) A vat used for fermentation. | |
| 26. adj. Shaped like a square (the polygon). | |
| 27. adj. Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at 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. | |
| a square corner | |
| 28. adj. Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers. | |
| 9 is a square number. | |
| 29. adj. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself. | |
| square metre | |
| square mile | |
| 30. adj. Honest; straightforward. | |
| square dealing | |
| 31. adj. Fair. | |
| I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair. | |
| 32. adj. Even; tied | |
| to make or leave the accounts square | |
| The sides were square at the end of the half. | |
| 33. adj. (slang) Socially conventional; boring. | |
| 34. adj. (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease. | |
| 35. adj. Correctly aligned with respect to something else. | |
| 36. adj. hearty; vigorous | |
| It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day. | |
| 37. adj. Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines. | |
| a man of a square frame | |
| 38. v. 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. | |
| 39. v. (nautical) To place at a right angle to the keel. | |
| to square the yards | |
| 40. v. To resolve or reconcile. | |
| John can square this question up for us. | |
| These results just don't square. | |
| 41. v. To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something. | |
| I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis. | |
| to square our actions by the opinions of others | |
| 42. v. (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power. | |
| 43. v. To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as. | |
| square the circle | |
| 44. v. (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch | |
| 45. v. (archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel. | |
| 46. v. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit. | |
| 47. v. (obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. | |
| 48. v. To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off. | |
| 49. v. To form with four sides and four right angles. | |
| 50. v. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces. | |
| to square mason's work | |
| 51. v. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard. | |
| 52. v. (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting. | |
