English Explanatory Dictionary

square

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
  2. Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
  3. A cell in a grid.
  4. A square piece, part, or surface.
  5. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
  6. A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
  7. A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
  8. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
  9. A true measure, standard, or pattern.
  10. An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
  11. A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
  12. The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
adj
  1. Shaped like a square (the polygon).
  2. Forming a right angle (90°).
  3. Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
  4. Forming 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.
  5. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
  6. Honest; straightforward; fair.
  7. Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
  8. Even; tied
  9. Socially conventional; boring.
  10. In line with the batsman's popping crease.
  11. Solid, decent, substantial.
  12. Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
adv
  1. Directly.
verb
  1. To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular
  2. To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
  3. To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
  4. To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
  5. To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
  6. To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
  7. Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
  8. To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
  9. To tile (completely fill) with squares.
  10. To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
  11. To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
  12. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

skwâr /skwɛə/ /skwɛː/ /skweɹ/ skwûr /skwɜː(ɹ)/ /skwɛɹ/ [skwɛ˞] /skwɛəɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-square.wav En-us-square.ogg /skweː/ En-au-square.ogg skwîr /skwiə̯/ /skweə̯/ /skʋer/ /skʋa(r)/ /skʋɛjə(r)/ /sk(ʋ)ɵjə(r)/

Word forms

square squares squarer squarest more square most square squaring squared

Etymology

From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra. Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").

Synonyms

piazza plaza place basic bitch bourgeois L7 mainstreamer mainstreamist muggle mundane normal normalfag normaloid normie square straight hash sharp pound sign orthogonal perpendicular above board on the level on the square on the up and up

Antonyms

square root crooked out of square oblique racked

Related words

cubic quadrilateral rectangle rhombus

Derived words

alphamagic square antimagic square back to square one bacon square be there and be square bimagic square black square blue square call it square capsquare carpenter's square carpentry square Cartesian square catch a square center square centre square chi-square chi-square distribution chi-square test circle gets the square combination square complete the square cube-square law deep square leg diamond-square algorithm difference of two squares flight square foursquare four square four-square framing square geomagic square geometric square goalsquare goal square Golden Square granny square Greco-Latin square grid square headsquare heterosquare inverse-square law jazz square kid on the square Latin square lemon square Logan Square L square machinist square magic square Malcolm Square-Perfecto Manchester Square mandarin square market square mean square miter square most-perfect magic square multimagic square no-no square nonsquare

Translations

Arabic: كُوس Arabic: مَيْدَان Bulgarian: ъ́гълник Bulgarian: ви́нкел Bulgarian: линеа́л Bulgarian: площа́д Catalan: escaire Catalan: plaça Czech: úhelník Czech: náměstí Dutch: winkelhaak Dutch: plein Dutch: markt Dutch: plaats Finnish: suorakulma Finnish: aukio Finnish: tori Franco-Provençal: êquarra French: équerre French: place French: square Greek: γνώμονας Greek: πλατεία Ancient Greek: προσαγωγεῖον Ancient Greek: ἀλφάδιον Ancient Greek: γνώμων Ancient Greek: γωνία Ancient Greek: πλατεῖα Ancient Greek: τετράδειον Hungarian: derékszög Hungarian: derékszögmérő Hungarian: szögvonalzó Hungarian: tér Icelandic: réttskeið Icelandic: torg Italian: squadra Italian: piazza Italian: sagrato Japanese: 曲尺 Japanese: 広場 Korean: 곡척 Korean: 광장 Latin: norma Latin: forum Lithuanian: kampainis Lithuanian: aikštė Malay: sesiku Malay: dataran Māori: koea Māori: tahua Māori: marae Norman: êtchèrre Norwegian Bokmål: vinkelhake Norwegian Bokmål: torg Norwegian Bokmål: plass Norwegian Nynorsk: vinkelhake Norwegian Nynorsk: torg Norwegian Nynorsk: plass Old English: rihtebred Old English: cēapstōw Old English: tēge Polish: węgielnica Polish: kątownik Polish: ekier Polish: skwer Polish: plac Polish: majdan Portuguese: esquadro Portuguese: praça Romanian: echer Romanian: piață Russian: уго́льник Russian: пло́щадь Russian: сквер Russian: плац Scottish Gaelic: ceàrn-righailt Scottish Gaelic: cromadh-dìreach Scottish Gaelic: ceàrnag Serbo-Croatian: пра̏в у̏гао Serbo-Croatian: вѝнкл Serbo-Croatian: винкла Serbo-Croatian: prȁv ȕgao Serbo-Croatian: vìnkl Serbo-Croatian: vinkla Serbo-Croatian: тр̏г Serbo-Croatian: tȑg Spanish: escuadra Spanish: cartabón (45º) Spanish: plaza Sundanese: pasékon Swedish: vinkelhake Swedish: torg Abkhaz: ашҭа Afrikaans: plein Albanian: shesh Armenian: հրապարակ Azerbaijani: meydan Bashkir: майҙан Belarusian: пло́шча Belarusian: майда́н Belarusian: пляц Burmese: ရင်ပြင် Bulgarian: правоъгълен Bulgarian: подравнен Czech: kolmý Danish: vinkelret på Dutch: met rechte hoek Finnish: kohtisuora Finnish: suorakulmaisesti Finnish: oikeansuuntainen French: perpendiculaire à German: rechtwinklig Greek: ορθογώνιος Ancient Greek: τετράμετρος Ancient Greek: εὐγώνιος Ancient Greek: ἐγγώνιος Ancient Greek: ἐπικάρσιος Ancient Greek: ὀρθός Hungarian: derékszögű Hungarian: merőleges Icelandic: hornréttur Italian: perpendicolare a Malay: persegi Norwegian Bokmål: vinkelrett på Norwegian Nynorsk: vinkelrett på Portuguese: perpendicular Russian: прямоуго́льный Spanish: perpendicular Swedish: vinkelrät mot Vietnamese: vuông
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