Type and usage of square from BoostVocab

square

/skwɜr/

Synonyms of square Antonyms of square Examples of square Usage of square Parts of square Definition that contains square Words sounding like square Explanation of square

adjective
characterized by honesty and fairness
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"a square deal"

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straight aboveboard straightarrow straightforward guileless transparent
noun
a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
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square toes

type of:
conservativist conservative
adverb
firmly and solidly
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"hit the ball squarely" "the bat met the ball squarely" "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"

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squarely
noun
the product of two equal terms
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"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"

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second power

type of:
number
adjective
providing abundant nourishment
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"four square meals a day"

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hearty satisfying solid substantial wholesome
adjective
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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straight conventional
adjective
without evasion or compromise
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"a square contradiction"

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straight straightforward direct
noun
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
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"you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"

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foursquare

type of:
regular polygon rectangle
verb
make square
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"square the wood with a file"

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square up

type of:
shape form
adverb
in a straight direct way
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"looked him squarely in the eye" "ran square into me"

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squarely
noun
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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lame

type of:
simpleton simple
verb
turn the paddle; in canoeing
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feather

type of:
paddle
verb
turn the oar, while rowing
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feather

type of:
row
adverb
in a square shape
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"a squarely cut piece of paper" "folded the sheet of paper square"

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squarely
noun
an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
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public square

type of:
parcel of land parcel tract piece of land piece of ground

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city
noun
a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
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"the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"

type of:
hand tool
noun
any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
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"a checkerboard has 64 squares"

type of:
artefact artifact

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checker board checkerboard
verb
be compatible with
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"one idea squares with another"

type of:
correspond jibe tally gibe agree check fit match
verb
cause to match, as of ideas or acts
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adjust conform adapt
adjective
having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
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"a square peg in a round hole" "a square corner"

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right-angled squared squarish quadrate

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round
adjective
leaving no balance
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"my account with you is now all square"

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paid
verb
pay someone and settle a debt
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"I squared with him"

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settle
verb
position so as to be square
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"He squared his shoulders"

type of:
position
verb
raise to the second power
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multiply
noun
something approximating the shape of a square
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shape form

Usage of square

"colloquialism"
"cant"
"vernacular"
"slang"
"jargon"
"argot"
"patois"
"lingo"

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