square
square is a 6-letter English word with 61 senses as noun, adjective, intransitive verb, verb, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The corner, or angle, of a figure. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The corner, or angle, of a figure.
- noun. A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
- noun. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
- noun. A square piece or fragment.
- noun. A pane of glass.
- noun. A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- noun. One hundred superficial feet.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Hence, a pattern or rule.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
- noun. A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
- noun. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- noun. The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- noun. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
- noun. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- adjective. Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
- adjective. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
- adjective. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
- adjective. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
- adjective. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
- adjective. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
- adjective. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
- adjective. 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.
- noun. To form with four sides and four right angles.
- noun. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
- noun. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- noun. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
- noun. To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
- noun. To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
- noun. To hold a quartile position respecting.
- noun. To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
- intransitive verb. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
- intransitive verb. To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
- intransitive verb. To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
- noun. 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"
- noun. any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
"a checkerboard has 64 squares"
- noun. an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- noun. a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- noun. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- noun. the product of two equal terms
"nine is the second power of three"
"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
- noun. (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"
- noun. something approximating the shape of a square
- verb. make square
"Square the circle"
"square the wood with a file"
- verb. raise to the second power
- verb. turn the oar, while rowing
- verb. turn the paddle; in canoeing
- verb. position so as to be square
"He squared his shoulders"
- verb. pay someone and settle a debt
"I squared with him"
- verb. be compatible with
"one idea squares with another"
- verb. cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- adjective. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- adjective. without evasion or compromise
"a square contradiction"
"he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
- adjective. leaving no balance
"my account with you is now all square"
- adjective. having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
"a square peg in a round hole"
"a square corner"
- adjective. characterized by honesty and fairness
"straight dealing"
"a square deal"
- adjective. providing abundant nourishment
"a hearty meal"
"good solid food"
- adverb. firmly and solidly
"hit the ball squarely"
"the bat met the ball squarely"
- adverb. in a square shape
"a squarely cut piece of paper"
"folded the sheet of paper square"
- adverb. in a straight direct way
"looked him squarely in the eye"
"ran square into me"
Synonyms
lame, foursquare, feather, straight, straightforward, hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial, squarely
Common word forms
squared, squarer, squares, squarely, squarest, squaring, squareness
Words from these letters
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