Definition of Square

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Square

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.

Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so

A square piece or fragment.

A pane of glass.

A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

One hundred superficial feet.

An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.

An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.

Hence, a pattern or rule.

The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.

Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.

Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.

The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.

Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.

Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.

Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.

Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.

Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.

Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.

At 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.

To form with four sides and four right angles.

To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.

To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.

To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.

To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.

To hold a quartile position respecting.

To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.

To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.

To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.

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Square Quotations

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Mark Twain

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
Theodore Roosevelt

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
Bill Gates

I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
Wilson Mizner

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
Arthur Schopenhauer

To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.
Keith Richards

We just bought this house. It's too big. It's like 400,000 square feet, or something. We got an indoor lake and ski slope in the house! It's just too big.
Adam Sandler

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
Gerald R. Ford

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.
Samuel Butler

Square Translations

square in Afrikaans is reghoekig
square in Danish is plads, firkantet, firkant
square in Dutch is vierkant
square in German is Quadrat
square in Italian is quadrangolo, quadrato, quadro, spigoloso, piazza
square in Latin is quadratus
square in Norwegian is plass
square in Spanish is escuadra, glorieta, plaza, cuadro, cuadrado

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