"squares" in the noun sense
1. square, foursquare
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. square, second power
the product of two equal terms
"nine is the second power of three"
"gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
3. public square, square
an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
4. square
something approximating the shape of a square
5. square, lame
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
6. square, square toes
a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
7. 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"
8. 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"
"squares" in the verb sense
1. square, square up
make square
"Square the circle"
"square the wood with a file"
2. square
raise to the second power
3. square
cause to match, as of ideas or acts
4. square
position so as to be square
"He squared his shoulders"
5. square
be compatible with
"one idea squares with another"
6. square
pay someone and settle a debt
"I squared with him"
7. feather, square
turn the paddle in canoeing
8. feather, square
turn the oar, while rowing
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