(cricket) The central area of a cricketfield, with one ore more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
(real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
(North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
(archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
(astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
(dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) 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.
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
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Square my trial / To my proportioned strength.
The teams were square while at even strength. have to play better than even if we want to win games." said Montreal goalie Jose Theodore
The sides were square to the 14th hole when Goosen took birdie,
In each of the last three afternoon foursomes, the Americans were square through 15, but could only come in with two halves and a loss.
The sides were square at the end of the half.
It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.
By Heaven, square eaters. More meat, I say.
a man of a square frame
The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
John can square this question up for us.
These results just don't square.
I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
to square our actions by the opinions of others
But the Jays were square again by the end of the inning, as Myers hit a 2-and-0 pitch into the left-center field seats
square the circle
First, former Toffee Mikel Arteta sent Walcott racing clear but instead of shooting he squared towards Ramsey, who was foiled by Tony Hibbert.
No works shall find acceptance [...] that square not truly with the Scripture plan.
Are you such fools / To square for this?
to square mason's work
the icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales
to square the yards
64 is the square of 8. -- 64 est le carré de 8.
Don’t be such a square! Everybody who is somebody drinks.
To square is to multiply by itself a value, term or expression, to raise to the second power.
To square is to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.
Two squared is four.
2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php
There are so many uses for the square, in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications. - The Carpenter's Square
The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large square of the town.
You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town square.
You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.
64 is the square of 8.
the brave squares of war
After disastrous attempts to break the Russian squares, during which, Longworth recounts, ‘the best and the bravest of the warriors fell victim to their own rashness’, the Circassians likewise changed their tactics.
The sad sack was a sitting on a block of stone / Way over in the corner weepin' all alone. / The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square / If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair.
Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
Enter your account number followed by a square.
An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.
2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square ... — Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm
I took refuge in the square form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.
Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.
I have not kept my square.
We live not on the square with such as these.
The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, [...].
a square corner
square metre
square mile
square dealing
I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.