a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles

a grid of ruled squares

an open, typically four-sided, area surrounded by buildings in a village, town, or city

a market square

Leicester Square

the product of a number multiplied by itself

a circle's area is proportional to the square of its radius

an L-shaped or T-shaped instrument used for obtaining or testing right angles

a carpenter's square

a person considered to be old-fashioned or boringly conventional in attitude or behaviour

Reg is such a square

a square meal

three squares a day

having the shape or approximate shape of a square

a square table

denoting a unit of measurement equal to the area of a square whose side is of the unit specified

30,000 square feet of new gallery space

at right angles; perpendicular

these lines must be square to the top and bottom marked edges

level or parallel

place two pieces of wood one on top of the other, ensuring that they are exactly square

(of two people) owing nothing to each other

an acknowledgement that we are square

old-fashioned or boringly conventional

Elvis was anything but square

(of rhythm) simple and straightforward

directly; straight

the ball hit me square in the forehead

in a direction transversely across the field or pitch

the ball bounced almost square to the left

make square or rectangular; give a square or rectangular cross section to

you can square off the other edge

they felled and squared the timber themselves

multiply (a number) by itself

5 squared equals 25

balance (an account)

institutions are anxious to square their books before the election

bring (one's shoulders) into a position in which they appear square and broad, typically to prepare oneself for a difficult task or event

chin up, shoulders squared, she stepped into the room

secure the help or acquiescence of (someone), especially by offering an inducement

faced with such declarations, politicians were resolved to squash or square the press

pass (a ball) across the field, especially towards the centre

set (a yard or other part of a ship) at right angles to the keel or other point of reference

(of a planet) have a square aspect with (another planet or position)

Saturn squares the Sun on the 17th