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'square' - used as an adjective
Synonyms for 'square'
1. having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
a square peg in a round hole
a square corner
2. characterized by honesty and fairness
a square deal
3. providing abundant nourishment
four square meals a day
4. leaving no balance
my account with you is now all square
5. without evasion or compromise
a square contradiction
6. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

'square' - used as a adverb
7. in a straight direct way
ran square into me
8. in a square shape
folded the sheet of paper square
9. firmly and solidly
planted his great bulk square before his enemy

'square' - used as a noun
10. (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
11. the product of two equal terms
gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
12. an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
13. something approximating the shape of a square
14. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
15. a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
16. any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
a checkerboard has 64 squares
17. 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' - used as a verb
18. raise to the second power
19. make square
Square the circle
square the wood with a file
20. cause to match, as of ideas or acts
21. position so as to be square
He squared his shoulders
22. be compatible with
one idea squares with another
23. pay someone and settle a debt
I squared with him
24. turn the paddle; in canoeing
25. turn the oar, while rowing

derived forms
1. Square / Plural
squares
2. Square / Past
squared
3. Square / Third Person
squares
4. Square / Present Participle
squaring
5. Square / Comparitive
squarer
6. Square / Superlative
squarest
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