squaring

square[ 'skwɛəriŋ ]

• n.
  • (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"

    同义词：foursquare

  • the product of two equal terms

    "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"

    同义词：second power

  • an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

    同义词：public square

  • something approximating the shape of a square
  • someone who doesn't understand what is going on

    同义词：lame

  • a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

    同义词：square toes

  • any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

    "a checkerboard has 64 squares"

  • 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"

• v.
  • raise to the second power
  • make square

    "square the wood with a file"

    同义词：square up

  • cause to match, as of ideas or acts
  • position so as to be square

    "He squared his shoulders"

  • be compatible with

    "one idea squares with another"

  • pay someone and settle a debt

    "I squared with him"

  • turn the paddle; in canoeing

    同义词：feather

  • turn the oar, while rowing

    同义词：feather

• adj.
  • having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle

    "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"

  • characterized by honesty and fairness

    "a square deal"

    同义词：straight

  • providing abundant nourishment

    "four square meals a day"

    同义词：heartysatisfyingsolidsubstantial

  • leaving no balance

    "my account with you is now all square"

  • without evasion or compromise

    "a square contradiction"

    同义词：straightforwardstraight

  • rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

    同义词：straight

• adv.
  • in a straight direct way

    "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"

    同义词：squarely

  • in a square shape

    "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"

    同义词：squarely

  • firmly and solidly

    "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"

    同义词：squarely