Synonyms of the word square


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square

  • n. (geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle;…
  • n. (metonymically) Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
  • n. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
  • n. An open space normally in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees,…
  • n. (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number,…
  • n. (military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
  • n. (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in…
  • n. (Britain) The symbol on a telephone; hash.
  • n. (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one ore more pitches of which only one is used at…
  • n. (real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square…
  • n. (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
  • n. (academia) A mortarboard.
  • n. (colloquial, US) A square meal.
  • n. (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
  • n. The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
  • n. (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
  • n. (dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
  • n. (slang) Cigarette.
  • n. (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
  • adj. Shaped like a square (the polygon).
  • adj. Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to…
  • adj. Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.
  • adj. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
  • adj. Honest; straightforward.
  • adj. Fair.
  • adj. Even; tied.
  • adj. (slang) Socially conventional; boring.
  • adj. (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
  • adj. Correctly aligned with respect to something else.
  • adj. hearty; vigorous.
  • adj. Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
  • v. (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular.
  • v. To resolve or reconcile.
  • v. To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
  • v. (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second…
  • v. (transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
  • v. (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch.
  • v. (archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
  • v. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
  • v. (obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
  • v. To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
  • v. To form with four sides and four right angles.
  • v. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
  • v. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
  • v. (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.

aboveboard

  • adj. Alternative form of above-board.

adapt

  • v. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion.
  • v. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
  • v. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
  • v. (intransitive) To change oneself so as to be adapted.
  • adj. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

adjust

  • v. (transitive) To modify.
  • v. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
  • v. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
  • v. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

agree

  • v. (intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become…
  • v. (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
  • v. (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange…
  • v. (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
  • v. (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
  • v. (intransitive, grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

angular

  • adj. Relating or pertaining to an angle or angles.
  • adj. Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
  • adj. Sharp-cornered; pointed.
  • adj. Measured by an angle; as in, angular distance.
  • adj. Lean, lank.
  • adj. Ungraceful; lacking grace.
  • adj. (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
  • adj. (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all…
  • n. (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

angulate

  • adj. Shaped with corners or angles.
  • v. To make, or to become, angular.

artefact

  • n. (British spelling, Australian spelling) alternative form of artifact.

artifact

  • n. An object made or shaped by human hand.
  • n. (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest,…
  • n. Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
  • n. A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under…
  • n. (biology) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or…
  • n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
  • n. (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result…

check

  • n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
  • n. An inspection or examination.
  • n. A control; a limit or stop.
  • n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
  • n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
  • n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
  • n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
  • n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
  • n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
  • n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
  • n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
  • n. A small chink or crack.
  • v. To inspect; to examine.
  • v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
  • v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
  • v. To control, limit, or halt.
  • v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
  • v. To leave in safekeeping.
  • v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
  • v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
  • v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
  • v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
  • v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
  • v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
  • v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
  • v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
  • v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
  • v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
  • v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
  • v. To act as a curb or restraint.
  • v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
  • n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

conform

  • v. (intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in…
  • v. (intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations,…
  • v. (transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.

conservative

  • n. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
  • n. (US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
  • n. (US, politics) A political conservative.
  • n. (US, social sciences) A social conservative.
  • adj. Cautious.
  • adj. Tending to resist change or innovation.
  • adj. Based on pessimistic assumptions.
  • adj. (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social…
  • adj. (Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
  • adj. (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
  • adj. Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
  • adj. (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
  • adj. (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish,…

conventional

  • adj. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
  • adj. Ordinary, commonplace.
  • adj. Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
  • n. (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or…

correspond

  • v. (intransitive, constructed with to) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin,…
  • v. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period…

direct

  • adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
  • adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
  • adj. Straightforward; sincere.
  • adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
  • adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
  • adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
  • adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
  • adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
  • adv. Directly.
  • v. To manage, control, steer.
  • v. To aim (something) at (something else).
  • v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
  • v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
  • v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

feather

  • n. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection…
  • n. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed…
  • n. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
  • n. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object…
  • n. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
  • n. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers;…
  • n. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves…
  • v. To cover or furnish with feathers.
  • v. To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
  • v. (aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the…
  • v. (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
  • v. (computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring…
  • v. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
  • v. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
  • v. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
  • v. To tread, as a cock.
  • v. (snooker) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.

fit

  • adj. Suitable, proper.
  • adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
  • adj. In good shape; physically well.
  • adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
  • adj. Prepared; ready.
  • v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
  • v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
  • v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
  • v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
  • v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
  • v. (transitive) To adjust.
  • v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
  • v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
  • v. (transitive) To make ready.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
  • v. To be proper or becoming.
  • v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
  • n. The degree to which something fits.
  • n. Conformity of elements one to another.
  • n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
  • n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
  • n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
  • n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
  • n. A seizure or convulsion.
  • n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
  • n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
  • n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
  • v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

form

  • n. (heading, physical) To do with shape.
  • n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
  • n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
  • n. Level of performance.
  • n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape…
  • n. The den or home of a hare.
  • n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
  • n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
  • n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured…
  • n. (geometry) A quantic.
  • n. (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
  • v. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
  • v. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
  • v. (intransitive) To take shape.
  • v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
  • v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
  • v. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
  • v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
  • v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
  • v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage…

foursquare

  • adj. Having four equal sides; square.
  • adj. (by extension) Solid, robust.
  • adj. (cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
  • adj. (architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually…
  • adj. Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
  • n. Alternative form of four square.
  • n. (cryptography) a four-square cipher.

gibe

  • n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
  • v. (intransitive) To agree.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.

guileless

  • adj. Free from guile; honest but naïve.

hearty

  • adj. warm and cordial towards another person.
  • adj. energetic, active or eager.
  • adj. Exhibiting strength; firm.
  • adj. Promoting strength; nourishing.
  • n. (obsolete or humorous nautical) a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.

honest

  • adj. (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying,…
  • adj. (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
  • adj. In good faith; without malice.
  • adj. (of a measurement device) Accurate.
  • adj. Authentic; full.
  • adj. Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
  • adj. Open; frank.
  • adj. (obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
  • adj. (obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
  • v. (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
  • adv. (colloquial) Honestly; really.

honorable

  • adj. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
  • adj. (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) Misspelling of honourable.

jibe

  • n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
  • v. (intransitive) To agree.
  • n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
  • v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
  • v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

lame

  • adj. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
  • adj. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
  • adj. (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • adj. (slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
  • adj. (slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
  • adj. (slang) Strangely corny or sweet to an extent.
  • v. (transitive) to cause a person or animal to become lame.
  • n. A lamina.
  • n. (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
  • v. (obsolete) To shine.

lawful

  • adj. Conforming to, or recognised by law or rules.

match

  • n. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
  • n. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
  • n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
  • n. A marriage.
  • n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
  • n. Suitability.
  • n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
  • n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
  • n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
  • n. An agreement or compact.
  • n. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly…
  • v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
  • v. (transitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
  • v. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
  • v. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
  • v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
  • v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove…
  • n. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being…

multiply

  • v. (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
  • v. (transitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication on (a number).
  • v. (intransitive) To grow in number.
  • v. (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
  • v. (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
  • n. (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
  • adv. In many or multiple ways.

number

  • n. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
  • n. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
  • n. (countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers,…
  • n. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence…
  • n. Quantity.
  • n. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
  • n. (countable, informal) A telephone number.
  • n. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
  • n. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
  • n. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
  • n. (countable, informal) A person.
  • n. (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
  • n. (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
  • n. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
  • v. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
  • v. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
  • adj. comparative form of numb: more numb.

paddle

  • n. A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
  • n. A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
  • n. Time spent on paddling.
  • n. A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
  • n. A paddlewheel.
  • n. A blade of a waterwheel.
  • n. (video games, dated) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis…
  • n. (Britain) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  • n. A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
  • n. A bat-shaped spanking implement.
  • n. A ping-pong bat.
  • n. A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
  • n. In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
  • n. A group of inerts.
  • n. A handheld defibrillation/cardioversion electrode.
  • n. (slang) hand.
  • v. (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
  • v. (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
  • v. To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
  • v. To tread upon; to trample.
  • v. (intransitive, Britain) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  • v. To toddle.
  • v. (archaic, intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers.

paid

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of pay.

parcel

  • n. A package wrapped for shipment.
  • n. An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
  • n. A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
  • n. (obsolete) A group of birds.
  • n. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
  • n. A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
  • n. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
  • v. To wrap something up into the form of a package.
  • v. To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
  • v. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
  • v. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
  • adv. (obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.

position

  • n. A place or location.
  • n. A post of employment; a job.
  • n. A status or rank.
  • n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
  • n. A posture.
  • n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  • n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
  • n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
  • n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
  • v. To put into place.

quadrate

  • adj. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
  • adj. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
  • adj. (archaic) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
  • adj. (archaic) Squared; suited; correspondent.
  • n. (geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively,…
  • n. (astrology) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter…
  • n. (anatomy) The quadrate bone.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
  • v. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To square.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).

rectangle

  • n. (geometry) A quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

right-angled

  • adj. (not comparable, geometry) Having a right angle.

row

  • n. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
  • n. A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to…
  • n. (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
  • v. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
  • v. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
  • n. A noisy argument.
  • n. A continual loud noise.
  • v. (intransitive) to argue noisily.

satisfying

  • adj. That satisfies, gratifies, pleases or comforts.
  • v. present participle of satisfy.

settle

  • v. (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively;…
  • v. (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
  • v. (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or…
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
  • v. (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous…
  • v. (Britain, dialectal) To silence, especially by force; by extension, to kill.
  • v. (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
  • v. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired state, or make final disposition of (something).
  • v. (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to…
  • v. (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
  • v. (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
  • v. (transitive) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take…
  • v. (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (as dregs, sediment, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
  • v. (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit properly.
  • v. (transitive, of an animal) To impregnate.
  • v. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare…
  • v. (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
  • v. (Can we verify([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +]) this sense?) (intransitive)…
  • v. (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed;…
  • v. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
  • v. (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have…
  • v. (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively…
  • v. (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
  • v. (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house,…
  • v. (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
  • v. (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
  • v. (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.
  • v. (Can we verify([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +]) this sense?) (intransitive,…
  • n. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
  • n. (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
  • n. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare…

shape

  • n. The status or condition of something.
  • n. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
  • n. The appearance of something, especially its outline.
  • n. Form; formation.
  • n. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section…
  • n. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely…
  • n. (cooking, now rare) A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded…
  • n. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a…
  • v. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
  • v. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
  • v. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
  • v. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
  • v. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
  • v. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

simple

  • adj. Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
  • adj. Without ornamentation; plain.
  • adj. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
  • adj. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
  • adj. (now rare) Trivial; insignificant.
  • adj. (now colloquial) Feeble-minded; foolish.
  • adj. (heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.
  • adj. (obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.
  • n. (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
  • n. (obsolete) A term for a physician, derived from the medicinal term above.
  • n. (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
  • n. (obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.
  • n. (weaving) A drawloom.
  • n. (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
  • n. (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.

simpleton

  • n. (pejorative) A simple person lacking common sense.

solid

  • adj. An item that can be grabbed, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
  • adj. Large, massive.
  • adj. Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.
  • adj. Strong or unyielding.
  • adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
  • adj. Hearty; filling.
  • adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
  • adj. Sound; not weakly.
  • adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
  • adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
  • adj. (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
  • adj. Of a single color throughout.
  • adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
  • n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need…
  • n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
  • n. (informal) A favor.
  • n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
  • n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
  • adv. Solidly.
  • adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.

squared

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of square.
  • adj. (mathematics) Raised to the second power.

squarely

  • adv. in the shape of a square; at right angles.
  • adv. firmly and solidly.
  • adv. in a direct, straightforward and honest manner.

squarish

  • adj. approximately square.
  • adj. oblong.

straight

  • adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
  • adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow.
  • adj. Figurative uses.
  • adj. Colloquial uses.
  • adj. (sciences, mathematics) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course…
  • adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
  • adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
  • adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
  • n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
  • n. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
  • n. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
  • n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
  • n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
  • v. (transitive) To straighten.

straightforward

  • adj. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
  • adj. easy, simple, without difficulty.
  • adv. In a straightforward manner.

substantial

  • adj. Having a substance; actually existing.
  • adj. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
  • adj. Corporeal; material; firm.
  • adj. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
  • adj. possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible.
  • adj. Large in size, quantity, or value; vastas.
  • adj. Most important; essential.
  • adj. Ample or full.
  • adj. Significantly great.
  • n. Anything having substance; an essential part.

tally

  • adj. (Britain) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
  • interj. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
  • n. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.
  • n. Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
  • n. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially…
  • n. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
  • n. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
  • n. A tally shop.
  • n. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
  • v. (transitive) To count something.
  • v. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
  • v. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
  • v. (intransitive) To keep score.
  • v. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
  • v. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
  • adv. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

tract

  • n. An area or expanse.
  • n. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  • n. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  • n. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
  • n. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  • n. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent.
  • n. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used…
  • n. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
  • n. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
  • n. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
  • n. (obsolete) Track; trace.
  • n. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
  • v. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
  • v. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

transparent

  • adj. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost…
  • adj. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly…
  • adj. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
  • adj. (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed…

wholesome

  • adj. Promoting good physical health and well-being.
  • adj. Promoting moral and mental well-being.
  • adj. Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy.
  • adj. Promoting virtue or being virtuous.

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