square
Characterized by honesty and fairness.
“a square deal”
Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle.
“a square peg in a round hole”
“a square corner”
Leaving no balance.
“my account with you is now all square”
Providing abundant nourishment.
“four square meals a day”
Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.
Without evasion or compromise.
“a square contradiction”
In a straight direct way.
“looked him squarely in the eye”
“ran square into me”
In a square shape.
“a squarely cut piece of paper”
“folded the sheet of paper square”
Firmly and solidly.
“hit the ball squarely”
“the bat met the ball squarely”
Someone who doesn't understand what is going on.
An open area at the meeting of two or more streets.
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”
Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.
“a checkerboard has 64 squares”
A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views.
Something approximating the shape of a square.
The product of two equal terms.
“gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance”
(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”
Turn the paddle; in canoeing.
Turn the oar, while rowing.
Be compatible with.
“one idea squares with another”
Cause to match, as of ideas or acts.
Pay someone and settle a debt.
“I squared with him”
Position so as to be square.
“He squared his shoulders”
Raise to the second power.
Make square.
“square the wood with a file”