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Meaning of square

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  square
      adv 1: in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the
             eye"; "ran square into me" [syn: {squarely}, {square}]
      2: in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded
         the sheet of paper square" [syn: {squarely}, {square}]
      3: firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the
         ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his
         enemy" [syn: {squarely}, {square}]
      adj 1: having four equal sides and four right angles or forming
             a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square
             corner" [ant: {circular}, {round}]
      2: characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a
         square deal" [syn: {straight}, {square}] [ant: {corrupt},
         {crooked}]
      3: providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid
         food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a
         day" [syn: {hearty}, {satisfying}, {solid}, {square},
         {substantial}]
      4: leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"
      5: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he
         is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn:
         {square(a)}, {straightforward}, {straight}]
      6: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: {square},
         {straight}]
      n 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" [syn: {square}, {foursquare}]
      2: the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of
         three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of
         the distance" [syn: {square}, {second power}]
      3: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets [syn:
         {public square}, {square}]
      4: something approximating the shape of a square
      5: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn:
         {square}, {lame}]
      6: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
         [syn: {square}, {square toes}]
      7: any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric
         figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a
         checkerboard has 64 squares"
      8: 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"
      v 1: make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a
           file" [syn: {square}, {square up}]
      2: raise to the second power
      3: cause to match, as of ideas or acts
      4: position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"
      5: be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
      6: pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
      7: turn the paddle; in canoeing [syn: {feather}, {square}]
      8: turn the oar, while rowing [syn: {feather}, {square}]

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