square

Definition

  • noun: a four-sided shape that is made up of four straight sides that are the same length and that has four right angles
  • noun: an instrument having at least one right angle and two straight edges used especially to lay out or test right angles
  • verb: to make (something) square
  • verb: to make square or rectangular
  • adjective: shaped like a square
  • adjective: having four equal sides and four right angles
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: regularity, rule, squadron

Examples

  • Make sure the post is 'square' to the floor. [=make sure that there is a right angle where the post and the floor meet]

  • I'll go on the trip if I can 'square it with' my parents. [=if my parents will agree to let me go]

  • Here's the rest of the money. Now we're 'square'. [=now we don't owe each other anything]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The Neapolitan won the lottery! Hey, Ciccio from Naples won the lottery! Always the northerners who hit it lucky. The square is mine! All mine! Hold still! Horseflies bothering you? You got a lice factory up here. Beat it. What're you after? A smack? (..)
    1988 Cinema Paradiso
  • (..) Thank you, Alfredo. - Good-bye. - Bye. See you. l understood right away. The square is mine! lt's my square! lt's midnight. Midnight! Out! Shoo! l have to close the square. Hard on the feet, eh, Father? (..)
    1988 Cinema Paradiso