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square

n. a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"

square

n. a rectangularly shaped area on a game board, as in chess or checkers

square

n. something approximating the shape of a square

public square, square

n. an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

square, foursquare

n. (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"

square, square toes

n. a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

Square

n. software games company

square

v. cause to match, as of ideas or acts

square

v. pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"

square

v. raise to the second power

square

v. position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"

feather, square

v. turn the paddle; in canoeing

feather, square

v. turn the oar, while rowing

square, square up

v. make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"

squarely, square

adv. firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"

squarely, square

adv. in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"

square

adj. having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"

straight, square

adj. characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"

square, straight

adj. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial

adj. providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"

quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon

n. a four-sided polygon

harmonize, harmonise, reconcile

v. bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"

decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate

v. bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

settle

v. become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled"

jive

v. dance to jive music; dance the jive

agree

v. consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"

resolve, solve

v. find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x"

equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate

v. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"

level

v. talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you"

flush, level, even out, even

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

settle, settle down

v. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"

even, even out

v. make even or more even

balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

v. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate

v. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"

repair, resort

v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

openhearted

adj. freely communicative; candidly straightforward; "openhearted advice"

moral

adj. concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

good, just, upright

adj. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

virtuous

adj. morally excellent

pure

adj. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"

sound

adj. free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"

stable

adj. firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable"

button-down, buttoned-down, conservative

adj. unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative

adj. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive

adj. of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew"

salubrious

adj. favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs"

round, circular

adj. having a circular shape

crooked, corrupt

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

dishonest, dishonorable

adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

dishonest, unscrupulous

adj. lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

messy, mussy

adj. dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

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