square

1.(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.the product of two equal terms;

nine is the second power of three

3.an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

4.something approximating the shape of a square

5.someone who doesn't understand what is going on

6.a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

7.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.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

9.having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle;

a square peg in a round hole

10.leaving no balance;

my account with you is now all square

11.characterized by honesty and fairness;

a square deal

12.without evasion or compromise;

a square contradiction

13.rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

14.in a straight direct way;

looked him squarely in the eye

15.with honesty and fairness;

dealt squarely with his customers

16.in a square shape;

a squarely cut piece of paper

17.firmly and solidly;

hit the ball squarely

1.raise to the second power

2.make square;

Square the circle

3.cause to match, as of ideas or acts

4.position so as to be square;

He squared his shoulders

5.be compatible with;

one idea squares with another

6.pay someone and settle a debt;

I squared with him

7.turn the paddle; in canoeing

8.turn the oar, while rowing

1.He wouldn't do anything shabby. He's a square shooter.

他不会做什么不光彩的事。他是个守规矩的人。