[ { "word": "square", "phonetics": [ { "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/square-au.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75900089", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" } }, { "text": "/skw\u025b\u0259(\u0279)/", "audio": "" }, { "text": "/skw\u025b\u025a/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/square-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1158020", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.", "synonyms": [ "tetragon" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.", "synonyms": [ "carpenter's square", "framing square", "steel square" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.", "synonyms": [ "piazza", "plaza" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "64 is the square of 8." }, { "definition": "A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!" }, { "definition": "The symbol # on a telephone; hash.", "synonyms": [ "hash", "pound sign", "sharp" ], "antonyms": [], "example": "Enter your account number followed by a square." }, { "definition": "The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square." }, { "definition": "A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(academia) A mortarboard", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A square meal.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day." }, { "definition": "Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Cigarette.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A vat used for fermentation.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "carpenter's square", "framing square", "steel square", "hash", "pound sign", "sharp", "piazza", "plaza", "tetragon" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared." }, { "definition": "To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "John can square this question up for us." }, { "definition": "To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis." }, { "definition": "Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "square the circle" }, { "definition": "To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To take opposing sides; to quarrel.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To form with four sides and four right angles.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to square mason's work" }, { "definition": "To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To hold a quartile position respecting.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "definitions": [ { "definition": "Shaped like a square (the polygon).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Forming a right angle, especially at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.", "synonyms": [ "normal", "orthogonal", "perpendicular" ], "antonyms": [ "crooked" ], "example": "a square corner" }, { "definition": "Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "9 is a square number." }, { "definition": "Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "square metre" }, { "definition": "Honest; straightforward.", "synonyms": [ "above board", "on the level", "on the square", "on the up and up", "straight" ], "antonyms": [], "example": "square dealing" }, { "definition": "Fair.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair." }, { "definition": "Even; tied", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The sides were square at the end of the half." }, { "definition": "Socially conventional; boring.", "synonyms": [ "bourgeois" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "In line with the batsman's popping crease.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Correctly aligned with respect to something else.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Hearty; vigorous.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day." }, { "definition": "Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "a man of a square frame" } ], "synonyms": [ "above board", "on the level", "on the square", "on the up and up", "straight", "bourgeois", "normal", "orthogonal", "perpendicular" ], "antonyms": [ "crooked" ] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/square" ] } ]