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  • /skwɛə/ UK
  • /skwɛː/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /skweɹ/ Scotland
  • /skwɜː(ɹ)/
  • /skwɛɹ/ Canada, US
  • [skwɛ˞] Canada, US
  • /skwɛəɹ/ Canada, US
  • /skweː/ Australia
  • /skwiə̯/
  • /skweə̯/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

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").

noun squares

  1. A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral. I took refuge in the square form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.
  2. A cell in a grid. You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.
  3. A square piece, part, or surface. a square of glass
  4. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
  5. Canada, US A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
  6. A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
  7. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles. There are so many uses for the square, in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications.
  8. figuratively, obsolete A true measure, standard, or pattern.
  9. 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. The statue of Alexander the Seventh stands in the large square of the town.
  10. often A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
  11. The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression. 64 is the square of 8.
  12. A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki". Squares cannot be easily matched by regular expressions.
  13. A body of troops drawn up in a square formation. he alone Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practice had In the brave squares of war
  14. dated A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends. Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
  15. UK The symbol # on a telephone; hash. Enter your account number followed by a square.
  16. The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time. An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.
  17. A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia. 2006, Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square
  18. A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
  19. A mortarboard.
  20. US, abbreviation, colloquial, ellipsis Ellipsis of square meal.square meal Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
  21. archaic Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule. 1594-1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.
  22. The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level. We live not on the square with such as these.
  23. The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
  24. dated The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
  25. slang Cigarette.
  26. A vat used for fermentation.
  27. Multicultural London English, slang A well-defined torso. She wanna talk about feelings But I don't believe in love Just give me your square

adjective squarer · squarest

  1. Shaped like a square (the polygon). The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].
  2. Forming a right angle (90°). a square corner
  3. Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning. The foundation has to be level and the framing has to be square.
  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. A floor that measures 4 feet square has an area of 16 square feet.
  6. Honest; straightforward; fair. I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.
  7. Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict. By the confident tone in her voice, you can tell she is square with that.
  8. Even; tied to make or leave the accounts square
  9. derogatory, slang Socially conventional; boring. It was a square town, but that didn't bother me. I knew I didn't have to live a square life.
  10. In line with the batsman's popping crease.
  11. Solid, decent, substantial. It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.
  12. Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines. a man of a square frame
  13. Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.

adverb more square · most square

  1. Directly. Staash tipped up the rim of his hat and looked me square in the eyes as the cigarette dangled from his lips.

verb squares · squaring · squared

  1. transitive To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
  2. transitive To place at a right angle to the mast or keel. to square the yards
  3. transitive To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
  4. ambitransitive To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit. John can square this question up for us.
  5. transitive To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something. I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
  6. transitive Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
  7. transitive To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as. square the circle
  8. transitive To tile (completely fill) with squares.
  9. slang To settle; to put right. 'Sounds fine,' said Bond. 'I've talked to M and he'll square Washington if there's any trouble. Look after yourself too,' he added.
  10. To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch First, former Toffee Mikel Arteta sent Walcott racing clear but instead of shooting he squared towards Ramsey, who was foiled by Tony Hibbert.
  11. archaic To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
  12. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit. No works shall find acceptance […] that square not truly with the Scripture plan.
  13. obsolete To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. Are you such fools / To square for this?
  14. To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off. There we stood, well squared up before it, shoulder to shoulder, and foot to foot, with our hands behind us, not budging an inch.
  15. To form with four sides and four right angles. A stately pallace built of squared bricke, Which cunningly was without morter laid
  16. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces. to square mason's work
  17. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard. to square the general sex By Cressid's rule
  18. To hold a quartile position respecting. the icy Goat, the Crab that square the Scales

Square²

proper noun Squares

  1. A surname.

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