English Dictionary

square

/skwɛə(ɹ)/

verb

(nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel. / (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water. / (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.

I square the number to find its square root.

意味（1）

(nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.

to square the yards

意味（2）

(rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.

John can square this question up for us.

意味（4）

To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.

I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.

意味（5）

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

意味（6）

(transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.

square the circle

意味（7）

(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch

First, former Toffee Mikel Arteta sent Walcott racing clear but instead of shooting he squared towards Ramsey, who was foiled by Tony Hibbert.

意味（8）

(archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.

意味（9）

To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.

No works shall find acceptance […] that square not truly with the Scripture plan.

意味（10）

(obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

Are you such fools / To square for this?

意味（11）

To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.

There we stood, well squared up before it, shoulder to shoulder, and foot to foot, with our hands behind us, not budging an inch.

意味（12）

To form with four sides and four right angles.

A stately pallace built of squared bricke,

A stately pallace built of squared bricke, Which cunningly was without morter laid

意味（13）

To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.

to square mason's work

意味（14）

To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

to square the general sex By Cressid's rule

意味（15）

(astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.

the icy Goat, the Crab that square the Scales