to square
- verb
- /skwɛr/
- Jargon
- The light glinted off the squared blade.
Examples
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Lockman squares around to bunt.
Fiction book (1992) -
This will make a squared "arch" with T-shaped legs on each side, which will go up the sides and over the top of the cube.
Blog text (25) -
If you're gonna square, I'll square too.
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You want power in your stroke, you square your shoulders, you close your stance, hold your head right at contact, and blast through it.
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The students perceived Russia as exerting more leadership than Norway but significantly less than the United States, an image of the international scene that squares with Americans' view of themselves as world leaders over the last several decades.
Academic text (2003) -
Wiggins and Young ultimately squared off in a final won by Young's USA Midwest team.
Blog text (19) -
R-squared: 0.8704, 0.8600, 0.8472, 0.6168
Academic text (1994) -
Mounted on a copper pole topped with a bird, perhaps an eagle, the squared flag depicts two figures facing one another on a rich background of animals, plants, and goddesses.
Academic text (2011) -
Isabella joined Top Chef's sixth season in 2009, where she squared off against stiff competition like Philadelphia resident Jen Zavala (the first to be eliminated) and brothers Bryan and Michael Voltaggio.
Blog text (19) -
Before taking his next stroke, he needed to square the oar to ensure it was ready for the pull.
Synonyms
1
4.1
Make the edges and corners even and straight
Idioms
To stand or sit with shoulders pulled back to show confidence before something difficult
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
144
1.4
A measure of area equal to a square one foot on each side used for rooms and land
108
2.7
A busy part of Manhattan with bright lights, theaters, and New Year's Eve celebrations
- Texting
9
4.0
An online place where people meet to discuss public issues and share ideas
- Specialized
8
3.4
A unit that measures pressure equal to one pound of force on one square inch
5
3.7
A large open place in central London with a monument to Nelson and big lion statues
- Specialized
1
3.9
A knot used to join two ends of rope or cord by tying two opposite small knots
1
6.7
A tool with a long straight edge and a T-shaped top used to draw straight or parallel lines
- Specialized
1
7.2
A square grid of numbers whose rows, columns, and main diagonals add to the same total
- Archaic
1
8.5
A four-sided piece of cloth hung on a bar across a ship's mast to catch the wind
- Specialized
1
9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
- Specialized
1
5.3
A solid shape with a square base and four triangular faces that meet at a top point
1
4.4
A large flat L-shaped metal tool carpenters use to measure and mark right angles
1
3.2
Music played to accompany square dancing, often with lively fiddle or banjo rhythms
- Specialized
1
9.1
A square grid filled with different symbols so each symbol appears once in each row and column
- Specialized
1
6.2
A metal tool with a ruler and handle for checking right angles in wood or metal
- Specialized
1
6.8
A number that shows if the data you see differ from what you expect
- Specialized
1
4.2
A small metal piece with four flat sides that fits on a bolt to hold things together
- Specialized
A hand tool with two arms joined at one end to measure or mark angled lines
- Archaic
A person honored for great bravery who leads troops and carries a square banner
- Specialized
A Roman style of writing using upright block capital letters often carved on stone
- Archaic
A medium-sized Arctic seal with whiskers on each side of its nose, also called the bearded seal
- Archaic
A person with very old-fashioned and strict ideas about how people should behave
Surface Forms
Etymology
To square the oar in rowing means to turn the blade so it is at a right angle to the water, from the idea of a right angle in a geometric square.