square in WordNet English dictionary

1. turn the oar, while rowing
   feather  square 
   
2. turn the paddle; in canoeing
   feather  square 
   
3. make square
   "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
   square  square up 
   
4. raise to the second power
   square 
   
5. position so as to be square
   "He squared his shoulders"
   square 
   
6. pay someone and settle a debt
   "I squared with him"
   square 
   
7. be compatible with
   "one idea squares with another"
   square 
   
8. cause to match, as of ideas or acts
   square 
   

1. (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"
   square  foursquare 
   
2. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
   square  lame 
   
3. an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
   public square  square 
   
4. the product of two equal terms
   "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
   square  second power 
   
5. 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"
   square 
   
6. any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
   "a checkerboard has 64 squares"
   square 
   
7. a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
   square  square toes 
   
8. something approximating the shape of a square
   square 
   

1. providing abundant nourishment
   "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"
   hearty  satisfying  solid  square  substantial 
   
2. having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
   "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
   square 
   
3. characterized by honesty and fairness
   "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
   straight  square 
   
4. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
   square  straight 
   
5. without evasion or compromise
   "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
   square  straightforward  straight 
   
6. leaving no balance
   "my account with you is now all square"
   square 
   

1. in a straight direct way
   "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
   squarely  square  squarely  square 
   
2. firmly and solidly
   "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
   squarely  square  squarely  square 
   
3. in a square shape
   "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
   squarely  square  squarely  square