Inside the Universes

'Square'

[square.n.01] as in: (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon

Examples:
you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides

'Square'

[square.n.02] as in: the product of two equal terms

Examples:
nine is the second power of three
gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance

'Square'

[public_square.n.01] as in: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

'Square'

[square.n.04] as in: something approximating the shape of a square

'Square'

[square.n.05] as in: someone who doesn't understand what is going on

'Square'

[square.n.06] as in: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

'Square'

[square.n.07] as in: any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

Examples:
a checkerboard has 64 squares

'Square'

[square.n.08] as in: a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles

Examples:
the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square

'Square'

[square.v.01] as in: make square

Examples:
Square the circle
square the wood with a file

'Square'

[square.v.02] as in: raise to the second power

'Square'

[square.v.03] as in: cause to match, as of ideas or acts

'Square'

[square.v.04] as in: position so as to be square

Examples:
He squared his shoulders

'Square'

[square.v.05] as in: be compatible with

Examples:
one idea squares with another

'Square'

[square.v.06] as in: pay someone and settle a debt

Examples:
I squared with him

'Square'

[feather.v.03] as in: turn the paddle; in canoeing

'Square'

[feather.v.04] as in: turn the oar, while rowing

'Square'

[square.a.01] as in: having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle

Examples:
a square peg in a round hole
a square corner

'Square'

[straight.a.06] as in: characterized by honesty and fairness

Examples:
straight dealing
a square deal

'Square'

[hearty.s.02] as in: providing abundant nourishment

Examples:
a hearty meal
good solid food
ate a substantial breakfast
four square meals a day

'Square'

[square.s.02] as in: leaving no balance

Examples:
my account with you is now all square

'Square'

[square.s.03] as in: without evasion or compromise

Examples:
a square contradiction
he is not being as straightforward as it appears

'Square'

[square.s.04] as in: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

'Square'

[squarely.r.02] as in: in a straight direct way

Examples:
looked him squarely in the eye
ran square into me

'Square'

[squarely.r.04] as in: in a square shape

Examples:
a squarely cut piece of paper
folded the sheet of paper square

'Square'

[squarely.r.03] as in: firmly and solidly

Examples:
hit the ball squarely
the bat met the ball squarely
planted his great bulk square before his enemy