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Squared   /skwɛrd/   Listen
verb
Square  v. t.  (past & past part. squared; pres. part. squaring)  
1.
To form with four equal sides and four right angles.
2.
To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square masons' work.
3.
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
4.
To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others. "Square my trial To my proportioned strength."
5.
To make even, so as to leave no remainder or difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
6.
(Math.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
7.
(Astrol.) To hold a quartile position respecting. "The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales."
8.
(Naut.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
To square one's shoulders, to raise the shoulders so as to give them a square appearance, a movement expressing contempt or dislike.
To square the circle (Math.), to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible.


Square  v. i.  
1.
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit. "No works shall find acceptance... That square not truly with the Scripture plan."
2.
To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. (Obs.) "Are you such fools To square for this?"
3.
To take a boxing attitude; often with up, sometimes with off. (Colloq.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Squared" Quotes from Famous Books



... Helen May's chin squared a little; but she who had not screamed when she found her father dead in his bed; she who had read his letter without whimpering held her voice quiet now, though womanlike she ...
— Starr, of the Desert • B. M Bower
... battle was over, Master Antonio had two more scratches on his nose, and his adversary had two buttons less on his waistcoat. Their accounts being thus squared they shook hands, and swore to remain good friends for the ...
— Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories - The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 • Various
... night in 1804 when "Boney" was supposed to have landed on Scottish shores. Mr. Scott's services had not been forgotten. A captain's commission in the 1st Regiment of Roxburgh Local Militia now belonged to him, and he squared his shoulders with an air and gave the military salute to those on the road with whom he ...
— Stories of the Border Marches • John Lang and Jean Lang
... of Rolling Cove, thundered down to the ford of the Broken Bend. Here she let the stallion drink, deep draughts that would have slowed a lesser horse. El Rey went up the bank beyond the ford like a charging engine, squared away and stretched out to finish his run. He was within three miles of Corvan, set like a stone in a smooth green surface, before he came down and lifted his shoulders into his gait. With the first rock and swing of the singlefoot, Tharon smiled and settled herself ...
— Tharon of Lost Valley • Vingie E. Roe
... Rick, in that respect," said Mr. Jarndyce; "being some ten years older than I and a couple of inches taller, with his head thrown back like an old soldier, his stalwart chest squared, his hands like a clean blacksmith's, and his lungs! There's no simile for his lungs. Talking, laughing, or snoring, they make the beams of ...
— Bleak House • Charles Dickens


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