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S0681700 (skwâr)n.1. A polygon having four equal sides and four equal angles.2. Something having an equal-sided rectangular form: a square of cloth.3. A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.4. Mathematics The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself: 49 is the square of 7.5. Games Any of the quadrilateral spaces on a board, as in chess.6. a. Abbr. Sq. An open, usually four-sided area at the intersection of two or more streets, often planted with grass and trees for use as a park.b. A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.7. The flower bud of a cotton plant, with three bracts surrounding the unopened flower in a pyramidal structure.8. Slang A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.adj. squar·er, squar·est 1. Having four equal sides and four right angles.2. Forming a right angle.3. In alignment or flush: Put the paper square with the edge of the desk.4. a. Abbr. sq. Expressed in units measuring area: square feet.b. Having a specified length in each of two equal dimensions: a room that is 12 feet square.5. Having a base that is a square: a square pyramid.6. Nautical Set at right angles to the mast and keel. Used of the yards of a square-rigged ship.7. Approximately rectangular and equilateral in cross section: a square house.8. Characterized by blocklike solidity or sturdiness.9. Honest; direct: a square answer.10. Just; equitable: a square deal.11. Having all accounts settled; even: I paid what I owed you, so we're square.12. Sports Even; tied.13. Slang Rigidly conventional; dull.v. squared, squar·ing, squares v.tr.1. To cut to a square or rectangular shape. Often used with off.2. To test or adjust for conformity to a desired plane, straight line, or right angle.3. To mark into squares. Often used with off.4. a. To bring into conformity or agreement: She could not square the request with her principles.b. To bring (oneself) into a better position or relation: He tried to square himself with his parents.5. To set straight or at approximate right angles: square one's cap.6. To bring into balance; settle: square a debt.7. Sports To even the score of: to square a game.8. Mathematics a. To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.b. To find a square equal in area to (the area of a given figure).9. Informal To bribe or fix: a party in litigation that tried to square the judge.v.intr.1. Mathematics To be at right angles.2. To agree or conform: a story that doesn't square with the facts.adv.1. Mathematics At right angles.2. In a square shape.3. In a solid manner; firmly.4. Directly; straight: ran square into each other.5. In an honest, straightforward manner.Phrasal Verbs: square away1. Nautical To square the yards of a sailing vessel.2. To put away or in order. square off To assume a fighting stance; prepare to fight. square up To settle a bill or debt.Idioms: on the square1. Mathematics At right angles.2. Honestly and openly: has always dealt on the square. out of square1. Mathematics Not at exact right angles.2. Not in agreement. square peg in a round hole Informal A misfit. three squares a day Informal Three square meals eaten in a day.

[Middle English, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrāre, to square : Latin ex-, ex- + quadrāre, to give a square shape to (from quadrum, a square; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots).]

square′ness n.squar′er n.

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Adj.

squared - having been made squaresquare - having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"

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划分成方格成正方形的

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(skweə) noun1. a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles. 正方形（物） 2. something in the shape of this. 方形物体3. an open place in a town, with the buildings round it. 广场4. the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself. 3  3, or 3² = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.平方 adjective1. having the shape of a square or right angle. I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin. 方形的，直角的 2. (of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc. If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal). 结清（帐目）的 3. measuring a particular amount on all four sides. This piece of wood is two metres square.见方的4. old-fashioned. square ideas about clothes.古板的 adverb1. at right angles, or in a square shape. The carpet is not cut square with the corner.直角的2. firmly and directly. She hit him square on the point of the chin.结结实实地 verb1. to give a square shape to or make square. 把...弄成方形2. to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc). I must square my account with you. 结清（帐目） 3. to (cause to) fit or agree. His story doesn't square with the facts.符合4. to multiply a number by itself. Two squared is four.平方squared adjective1. marked or ruled with squares. squared paper.划分成方格2. having been squared. 成正方形的ˈsquarely adverb directly and firmly. He stood squarely in front of me; She looked squarely at me. 直截了当地，干脆地 square centimetre/metre etc (often abbreviated to cm², *m²etc when written) an area equal to a square in which each side is one centimetre, metre etc. If the door is 3 metres high and 1.5 metres wide, its area is 4.5 square metres. 平方厘米（米） square root the number which, multiplied by itself, gives the number that is being considered. The square root of 16 is 4 ( 16 = 4).平方根fair and square directly. He hit him fair and square on the nose.正直go back to square one to start all over again. 重新开始a square deal a fair bargain; fair treatment. 公平交易

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