square [ square ]
Noun
Choosing a darker hue, such as violet, I began by drawing three squares.
she tore a bit of cloth into a four-inch square
a small square of chocolate
‘Your move,’ said Adam, moving his rook forward two squares.
The background of a raging battle with canons and cavalry assaulting squares of infantry soldiers left little doubt that this man had served under the Duke of Wellington.
She pulled on a pair of string-backed driving gloves and wound a silk square over her springy hair.
An undergraduate in academical dress may nowadays dispense with the square.
Leicester Square
Don't miss Trinity College, the streets, parks and squares of Georgian Dublin and the Guinness brewery.
The umpires called off the game at 3 in the afternoon, with parts of the square patently unfit for play.
Some 649 inmates are held at the category C prison in accommodation which is built around the former drill square.
Security was tight in the US capital and 100 square blocks were sealed to traffic.
a circle's area is proportional to the square of its radius
a carpenter's square
Venus in square to Jupiter
Come on Maggie: don't be such a square.
Again, all we asked for was leadership and three squares a day.
Adjective
Audrey had thick brown hair and blunt almost square features.
a square block of flats
a suitable length of wood with square ends
his square jaw
The warden was a tall, square woman with broad shoulders and a horsey face.
The two-storey Victorian property has 242 square metres of living space.
the office was fifteen feet square
these lines must be square to the top and bottom marked edges
But Rooney's square ball fell behind the unmarked Van Nistelrooy and was smuggled away for a corner.
Uranus is square Venus so relationships may end suddenly with no warning.
Keep your hips square to the ceiling, and try to avoid letting your pelvis rotate.
we should get everything square before we leave
he wanted to make sure we were square with the court's decision and not subject to a lawsuit
she'd been as square with him as anybody could be
an acknowledgement that we are square
the goal brought the match all square once again
Elvis was anything but square
The opening sinfonia for strings and trombones is remarkably like several opera overtures of the time, with square rhythms.
Adverb
It looks to me like he hit you square on.
He had a couple of thousands to invest, and would give me a good commission if I acted square with him.
He hit the right post with a penalty kick and the ball bounced almost square to the left.
Verb
Cut the roll into six equal pieces and square off the ends.
that this watercolour was a first draft is made clear by the fact that the sheet of paper has been squared
‘When air traffic doubles, the risk of collision is squared,’ he said.
institutions are anxious to square their books before the election
I'd like to see England win this one and square the series.
He cleared his throat and squared his shoulders.
Charlie squared himself in front of Jackson.
Reynaud therefore decided that it would be necessary to get rid of both men, and he spent the following weeks squaring political heavyweights so as to isolate Daladier.
And 17 minutes from time, Heskey became the third Liverpool player to get on the score-sheet, when Scholes squared the ball to him in the penalty area.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
Square off
The heavyweight championship contenders squared off.
he was not very amused but we squared him off with a few free beers
Square with
do those announcements really square with the facts?
I'm able to square my profession with my religious beliefs
several friends did not approve and she had still not squared it with Bob
Square away
One more championship will square it away for me.
Square up
the fighters squared up in the ring
The Minister is squaring up to raise tax levels.
would you square up the bill?
The Minister is squaring up to raise tax levels.

