catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  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: round]
       2: leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"
          [syn: square(p)]
       3: characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal";
          "wanted to do the square thing" [syn: straight]
       4: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he
          is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a),
           straightforward]
       5: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: 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: 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: second power]
       3: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets [syn: public
          square]
       4: something approximating the shape of a square
       5: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn: lame]
       6: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
          [syn: 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"
       adv 1: in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye";
              "ran square into me" [syn: squarely]
       2: with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his
          customers"; "always treated me square" [syn: squarely]
       3: in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded
          the sheet of paper square" [syn: squarely]
       4: firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met
          the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before
          his enemy" [syn: squarely]
       v 1: raise to the second power
       2: make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a
          file" [syn: square up]
       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]
       8: turn the oar, while rowing [syn: feather]