1. Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
   "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
    
2. Characterized by honesty and fairness
   "a square deal";
   - straight
    
3. Without evasion or compromise
   "a square contradiction";
   - straightforward, straight
    
4. Leaving no balance
   "my account with you is now all square"
    
5. Providing abundant nourishment
   "four square meals a day";
   - hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial
    
6. Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
   "His square attitudes made him seem out of touch with modern youth";
   - straight

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";
   - foursquare
    
2. An open area at the meeting of two or more streets
   "The protesters gathered in the public square to voice their concerns";
   - public square
    
3. 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"
    
4. Something approximating the shape of a square
   "The town square was filled with people during the festival"
    
5. Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
   "a checkerboard has 64 squares"
    
6. The product of two equal terms
   "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance";
   - second power
    
7. A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
   "His grandfather was a bit of a square toes, always insisting on proper etiquette";
   - square toes [informal]
    
8. [informal] A person who is old-fashioned, conservative, or dull in attitude or appearance
   "Don't be such a square - come to the party";
   - fuddy-duddy [informal], fud [N. Amer, slang], lame [N. Amer, informal]

1. Make square
   "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"; "They squared up the corners of the room";
   - square up
    
2. Position so as to be square
   "He squared his shoulders"
    
3. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
   "The two versions of the story don't quite square";
   - match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree, marry, marry up
    
4. (arithmetic) raise to the second power
   "To square 4, you multiply it by itself to get 16"
    
5. Pay someone and settle a debt
   "I squared with him"
    
6. Resolve a conflict or disagreement
   "They managed to square things with their neighbours"
    
7. Turn the paddle; in canoeing
   "The canoeist squared her paddle to change direction"
    
8. Turn the oar, while rowing
   "The rower squared his oars before the turn"

1. In a square shape
   "folded the sheet of paper square";
   - squarely
    
2. Firmly and solidly
   "planted his great bulk square before his enemy";
   - squarely
    
3. In a straight direct way
   "ran square into me";
   - squarely

Derived forms: squares, squarest, squaring, squarer, squared

See also: aboveboard, angular, angulate, conventional, direct, guileless, honest, honestness, honesty, honorable [US], honourable [Brit, Cdn], lawful, mainstream, paid, quadrate, right-angled, squared, squarish, straight-arrow [N. Amer, informal], straightforward, transparent, wholesome

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], be, conservative, conservativist, form, hand tool, multiply, number, paddle, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, position, rectangle, regular polygon, row, settle, shape, tract

Antonym: circular, corrupt

Part of: checker board [N. Amer], checkerboard [N. Amer], chequerboard [Brit, Cdn], city, draughtboard [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Square, inc