SQUARE MEANING IN FRENCH

Definition & Synonyms

• Square

1. (n.) One hundred superficial feet.
2. (n.) A pane of glass.
3. (n.) To form with four sides and four right angles.
4. (n.) To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
5. (a.) Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
6. (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square masons work.
7. (a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
8. (a.) 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.
9. (n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
10. (a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
11. (n.) A square piece or fragment.
12. (a.) Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
13. (n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure.
14. (n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
15. (n.) To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
16. (n.) Hence, a pattern or rule.
17. (v. i.) To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
18. (v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
19. (n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
20. (n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
21. (n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
22. (v. i.) To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
23. (a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
24. (n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
25. (n.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
26. (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
27. (n.) An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.
28. (a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
29. (n.) Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
30. (n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
31. (n.) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenters square, the try-square., etc.
32. (a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
33. (n.) To hold a quartile position respecting.
34. (n.) The front of a womans dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
35. (n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
36. (n.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.