[ noun ]
■ a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles
■ used to construct or test right angles
e.g.)
・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
e.g.)
・a checkerboard has 64 squares
[ noun ]
■ an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
→
public square
[ noun ]
■ a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
→
square toes
[ noun ]
■ someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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lame
[ noun ]
■ the product of two equal terms
e.g.)
・gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
→
second power
[ noun ]
■ (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
■ a four-sided regular polygon
e.g.)
・you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
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foursquare
[ noun ]
■ something approximating the shape of a square
[ verb ]
■ make square
e.g.)
・Square the circle
・square the wood with a file
→
square up
[ verb ]
■ raise to the second power
[ verb ]
■ turn the oar, while rowing
→
feather
[ verb ]
■ turn the paddle
■ in canoeing
→
feather
[ verb ]
■ position so as to be square
e.g.)
・He squared his shoulders
[ verb ]
■ pay someone and settle a debt
e.g.)
・I squared with him
[ verb ]
■ be compatible with
e.g.)
・one idea squares with another
[ verb ]
■ cause to match, as of ideas or acts
[ adjective satellite ]
■ rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
→
straight
[ adjective satellite ]
■ without evasion or compromise
e.g.)
・a square contradiction
→
straight
,
straightforward
[ adjective satellite ]
■ leaving no balance
e.g.)
・my account with you is now all square
[ adjective ]
■ having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
e.g.)
・a square peg in a round hole
・a square corner
[ adjective ]
■ characterized by honesty and fairness
e.g.)
・a square deal
→
straight
[ adjective satellite ]
■ providing abundant nourishment
e.g.)
・four square meals a day
→
hearty
,
satisfying
,
solid
,
substantial
[ adverb ]
■ firmly and solidly
e.g.)
・hit the ball squarely
・the bat met the ball squarely
・planted his great bulk square before his enemy
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squarely
[ adverb ]
■ in a square shape
e.g.)
・a squarely cut piece of paper
・folded the sheet of paper square
→
squarely
[ adverb ]
■ in a straight direct way
e.g.)
・looked him squarely in the eye
・ran square into me
→
squarely
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