ENGLISH: square - CREOLE: kare



Overview of noun square



The noun square has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (25) square, foursquare -- ((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")

2. (2) square, second power -- (the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance")

3. (2) public square, square -- (an open area at the meeting of two or more streets)

4. square -- (something approximating the shape of a square)

5. square, lame -- (someone who doesn't understand what is going on)

6. square, square toes -- (a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views)

7. 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")

8. square -- (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")



Overview of verb square



The verb square has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (4) square -- (raise to the second power)

2. (4) square, square up -- (make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file")

3. (1) square -- (cause to match, as of ideas or acts)

4. (1) square -- (position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders")

5. square -- (be compatible with; "one idea squares with another")

6. square -- (pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him")

7. feather, square -- (turn the paddle; in canoeing)

8. feather, square -- (turn the oar, while rowing)



Overview of adj square



The adj square has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (7) square -- (having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner")

2. straight, square -- (characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal")

3. hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial -- (providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day")

4. square -- (leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square")

5. square, straightforward, straight -- (without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears")

6. square, straight -- (rigidly conventional or old-fashioned)



Overview of adv square



The adv square has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (2) squarely, square -- (in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me")

2. squarely, square -- (in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square")

3. squarely, square -- (firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy")

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