Definition of squares Squares
/skwɛˈɹz/ - [skwerz] -
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Wiktionary 
- squares (Noun)
Plural of square.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: squares |
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| square - (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" | ||
| foursquare | ||
| rectangle a parallelogram with four right angles | ||
| regular polygon a polygon with all sides and all angles equal | ||
| geometry the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces | ||
| 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" | ||
| hand tool a tool used with workers' hands | ||
| carpenter's square a steel square used by carpenters; larger than a try square | ||
| try square a square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece | ||
| 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" | ||
| artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole | ||
| checker board, checkerboard a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | ||
| square - a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views | ||
| square toes | ||
| conservativist, conservative a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | ||
| square - the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance" | ||
| second power | ||
| number an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" | ||
| square - someone who doesn't understand what is going on | ||
| lame | ||
| square - something approximating the shape of a square | ||
| square - an open area at the meeting of two or more streets | ||
| public square | ||
| parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, parcel, tract the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians" | ||
| city people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" | ||
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| square - make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file" | ||
| square up | ||
| shape, form give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" | ||
| square - raise to the second power | ||
| multiply combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" | ||
| arithmetic the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations | ||
| square - position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders" | ||
| position cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
| even up, square up, jog even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing | ||
| square - pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him" | ||
| settle take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" | ||
| square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" | ||
| gibe, jibe, correspond, tally, agree, fit, match, check shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" | ||
| square - cause to match, as of ideas or acts | ||
| adapt, conform, adjust make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" | ||
| square - turn the oar, while rowing | ||
| feather | ||
| row propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" | ||
| square - turn the paddle; in canoeing | ||
| feather | ||
| paddle stir with a paddle | ||
Adjectivesquare, squarer, squarest |
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| square - having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner" | ||
| circular, round describing a circle; moving in a circle; "the circular motion of the wheel" | ||
| angulate, angular having angles or an angular shape | ||
| quadrate having four sides and four angles | ||
| right-angled forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles; "a right-angled bend" | ||
| squared having been made square | ||
| square - without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" | ||
| straightforward, straight | ||
| direct lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite" | ||
| square - rigidly conventional or old-fashioned | ||
| straight | ||
| conventional following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" | ||
| square - leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square" | ||
| paid marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" | ||
| square - characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" | ||
| straight | ||
| corrupt, crooked lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" | ||
| honorable, honest worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" | ||
| lawful conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" | ||
| honestness, honesty the quality of being honest | ||
| aboveboard, straightforward without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs" | ||
| guileless, transparent free of deceit | ||
| square - providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" | ||
| hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial | ||
| wholesome sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; "exercise develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly wholesome face" | ||
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Wiktionary
- square (Noun)
Any simple object with four nearly straight and nearly equal sides meeting at nearly right angles. - square (Noun)
An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angle s. - square (Noun)
An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye. - square (Noun)
A cell in a grid. - square (Noun)
A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees. - square (Noun)
The second power of a number, value, term or expression. - square (Noun)
A body of troops drawn up in a square formation. - square (Noun)
A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s. - square (Noun)
The symbol # on a telephone; hash. - square (Noun)
The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time. - square (Noun)
A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9. 3 square metre s. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia. - square (Noun)
A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet 9. 29 m2 of roof area. - square (Noun)
A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert. - square (Noun)
A mortarboard. - square (Noun)
A square meal . - square (Verb)
To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else. - square (Verb)
To resolve. - square (Verb)
To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something. - square (Verb)
To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as. - square (Verb)
To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch. - square (Verb)
To take opposing sides; to quarrel. - square (Verb)
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit. - square (Verb)
To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. - square (Verb)
To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off. - square (Adjective)
Shaped like a square the polygon. - square (Adjective)
At right angle s to. - square (Adjective)
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself. - square (Adjective)
Honest; straightforward. - square (Adjective)
Fair. - square (Adjective)
Even; tied. - square (Adjective)
Socially conventional; boring. - square (Adjective)
In line with the batsman's popping crease . - square (Adjective)
Correctly aligned with respect to something else.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- square (n.)
The corner, or angle, of a figure. - square (n.)
A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles. - square (n.)
Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so - square (n.)
A square piece or fragment. - square (n.)
A pane of glass. - square (n.)
A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers. - square (n.)
One hundred superficial feet. - square (n.)
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. - square (n.)
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. - square (n.)
Hence, a pattern or rule. - square (n.)
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. - square (n.)
Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule. - square (n.)
A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. - square (n.)
Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level. - square (n.)
The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. - square (n.)
The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. - square (n.)
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. - square (a.)
Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure. - square (a.)
Forming a right angle; as, a square corner. - square (a.)
Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame. - square (a.)
Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just. - square (a.)
Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing. - square (a.)
Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square. - square (a.)
Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous. - square (a.)
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. - square (n.)
To form with four sides and four right angles. - square (n.)
To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work. - square (n.)
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard. - square (n.)
To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others. - square (n.)
To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts. - square (n.)
To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity. - square (n.)
To hold a quartile position respecting. - square (n.)
To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards. - square (v. i.)
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit. - square (v. i.)
To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. - square (v. i.)
To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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square
Delimited area on a game board, a form or in a table -
square
An open area in a town, sometimes including the surrounding buildings. -
square
A two dimensional polygon with four equal sides and four right angles. -
square
Mathematics: to multiply a value, term, or expression by itself. -
square
Having the shape of a square (the polygone).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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square
skwār; adj. having four equal sides and angles: forming a right angle: having a straight front or an outline formed by straight lines: exact suitable, fitting: true, that does equal justice, fair, honest: even, leaving no balance, settled, as accounts: directly opposed, complete, unequivocal: solid, full, satisfying.—n. that which is square: a square figure: a four-sided space enclosed by houses: a square body of troops: the length of the side of any figure squared: an instrument for measuring right angles: (arith.) the product of a quantity multiplied by itself: due proportion, order, honesty, equity, fairness.—v.t. to form like a square: to form with four equal sides and angles: (arith.) to multiply by itself: to reduce to any given measure or standard, to adjust, regulate: (naut.) to place at right angles with the mast or keel.—v.i. to suit, fit: to accord or agree: to take an attitude of offence and defence, as a boxer.—adj. Square′-built, of a square build or shape.—adv. Square′ly, in a square form or manner.—ns. Square′-meas′ure,
a system of measures applied to
surfaces, of which the unit is the square of the lineal unit; Square′ness.—adj. Square′-pierced (her.), designating a
charge perforated with a square opening so as to show the
field.—n. Squā′rer, one who, or that which,
squares: (Shak.) a fighting, quarrelsome person.—adj.
Square′-rigged, having the chief
sails square, and extended by yards suspended by the middle at right
angles to the masts—opposed to
Fore-and-aft.—ns. Square′-root, that root which being
multiplied into itself produces the given number or quantity; Square′-sail, a four-sided sail extended by
yards suspended by the middle at right angles to the
mast.—adj. Square′-toed.—n. Square′-toes, an old-fashioned, punctilious
person.—adj. Squā′rish.—Square the
circle, to determine the area of a circle in square
measure.—On the square, honestly. [O. Fr. esquarre
(Fr. équerre)—L. ex-quadrāre, to
square—quadrus, conn. with quatuor, four.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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square
a term peculiarly appropriated to the yards and their sails, implying that they hang at right angles with the mast or keel; or that they are of greater extent than usual.Thus, when the yards are so balanced by their lifts, as to hang at right angles with the mast, they are said to be square by the lifts: when they hang perpendicular to the ship’s length, they are called square by the braces: but when they lie in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the keel, they are square by the lifts and braces; or, in other words, they hang directly across the ship, and parallel to the horizon.The yards are said to be very square, when they are of extraordinary length; and the same epithet is then applied to their sails, which by consequence acquire an additional breadth.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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square
An instrument formed by a stock and a tongue fixed at right angles. Also, in the army, a formation of infantry devised to resist cavalry. (See HOLLOW SQUARE and RALLYING SQUARE.) Also, a term peculiarly appropriated to the yards and their sails. Thus, when the yards hang at right angles with the mast they are said to be "square by the lifts;" when perpendicular to the ship's length, they are "square by the braces;" but when they lie in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the keel, they are "square by the lifts and braces." The yards are said to be very square when they are of extraordinary length, and the same epithet is applied to their sails with respect to their breadth. Also, a figure composed of four equal sides and four right angles, is the square of geometry.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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square
In military evolutions, is the forming of a body of men into a rectangular figure, with several ranks or rows of men facing on each side. With men of ordinary firmness, a square should resist the charges of the heaviest horse. The formation is not new, for a Grecian Syntagma was a solid square of 16 men in every direction; but in modern warfare, the solid square having been found cumbrous, has been abandoned for the hollow square, with officers, horses, colors, etc., in the centre. The front rank kneels, and the two next stoop, which enables five ranks of men to maintain a rolling fire upon an advancing enemy, or to pour in a murderous volley at close quarters.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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square
Honest, not roguish. A square cove, i.e. a man who does not steal, or get his living by dishonest means.
Wikipedia 
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cipher
In cryptography, Square (sometimes written SQUARE) is a block cipher invented by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen. The design was published in 1997.
SQUARE is a predecessor to the Rijndael algorithm, which has been adopted in 2001 as the Advanced Encryption Standard by the U.S. government.
Square was introduced together with a new form of cryptanalysis discovered by Lars Knudsen, called the "Square attack".
The structure of Square is a substitution-permutation network with eight rounds, operating on 128-bit block size and using a 128-bit key size. -
geometry
A square is a shape with four equal sides and four corners that are all right angles (90 degrees). The diagonals of a square also cross at right angles. The angle between any diagonal and a side of a square is 45 degrees. In fact, a square is also a rectangle because rectangles only need to have two parallel sides equal.
A square can also mean an open place, usually in a town, that is shaped nearly like a square; often because of a crossroads. Examples include Trafalgar Square in London, Times Square in New York and Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
In English slang, "square" can also mean "equal". For example in sports "all square" means that the scores are even. -
mathematics
In mathematics, a square of a number means the result of multiplying the number by itself. For example, the square of 6 is 6×6 = 36.
Many of the units of area are squares. For example, a "square meter" means the area equal to the area of a rectangle which is one meter tall and one meter wide.
