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Meaning of SQUARE in English

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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    Meaning of SQUARE in English

    • The corner, or angle, of a figure.
    • A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
    • Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
    • A square piece or fragment.
    • A pane of glass.
    • A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
    • One hundred superficial feet.
    • An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.
    • An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
    • Hence, a pattern or rule.
    • The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.
    • Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
    • A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
    • Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
    • The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
    • The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
    • The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
    • Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
    • Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
    • Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
    • Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
    • Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
    • Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
    • Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
    • 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.
    • To form with four sides and four right angles.
    • To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
    • To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
    • To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
    • To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
    • To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
    • To hold a quartile position respecting.
    • To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
    • To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
    • To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
    • To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.

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