square
     adj 1: having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a
            right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square
            corner" [ant: {round}]
     2: leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"
        [syn: {square(p)}]
     3: characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal";
        "wanted to do the square thing" [syn: {straight}]
     4: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he
        is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: {square(a)},
         {straightforward}]
     5: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: {straight}]
     n 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" [syn: {foursquare}]
     2: the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of
        three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square
        of the distance" [syn: {second power}]
     3: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets [syn: {public
        square}]
     4: something approximating the shape of a square
     5: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn: {lame}]
     6: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
        [syn: {square toes}]
     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"
     adv 1: in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye";
            "ran square into me" [syn: {squarely}]
     2: with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his
        customers"; "always treated me square" [syn: {squarely}]
     3: in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded
        the sheet of paper square" [syn: {squarely}]
     4: firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met
        the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before
        his enemy" [syn: {squarely}]
     v 1: raise to the second power
     2: make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a
        file" [syn: {square up}]
     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 [syn: {feather}]
     8: turn the oar, while rowing [syn: {feather}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0