English words for 'a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings'
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noun
- a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
- (informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
- one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
- (informal) Quadruplex videotape.
- A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.
- A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU).
- (informal) A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth.
- (skating) A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
- (informal) A quadrupel beer.
- (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
- (electronics, telecommunications) A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
- (informal) A quadcopter.
- (informal) The quadriceps muscle.
- A skate with four wheels.
- (radio) A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
- (poker slang, attributive) Of or relating to quads (four of a kind).
- A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
- (chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
- (informal) A quadriplegic person.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
- (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
- (intransitive) To ride a quad bike.
- (typography, letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
noun
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
verb
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
noun
- A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
- (figurative) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
- (military, World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
- A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
- (historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
- a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
verb
noun
- an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- an administrative division of a county
- the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
- (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- (informal, real estate) A townhouse.
- (colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
- Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
noun
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
verb
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
noun
- a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- (nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the last two hang obliquely.
- (finance) 10⁹, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
- A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
- (US, Canada, Australia) The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
- (slang, drugs) One hundred, usually referring to currency or money's worth.
- (US, slang, uncommon) 100 dollars.
- A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
- (obsolete outside of fossil forms) A tall, slender, hollow receptacle or tool.
- Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
- An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
- (informal) Ellipsis of cubic yard, a unit of volume; common in mining and earthmoving.
- (nautical) Any spar carried aloft.
- (Jamaica, MLE) One’s house or home.
- (informal) Ellipsis of square yard, a unit of area; common with textiles.
verb
noun
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
verb
noun
- The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
- (databases) Ellipsis of skyline operator.
- A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.
- The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.
- (journalism) A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
- the outline of objects seen against the sky
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
verb
noun
- a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
- An enclosed shopping centre.
- (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
- A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
verb
noun
- a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
- a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
verb
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
adj
noun
- A road as above, but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
- (uncountable, sports) A style of skateboarding featuring typically urban obstacles.
- (specifically, US, Canada) The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
- (finance) Ellipsis of Wall Street.
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
- (slang, uncountable) Streetwise slang.
- (poker slang) Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
- The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- (attributive) Living in the streets.
- The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
- (slang, in the plural) People in general, as a source of information.
- (figuratively) A great distance.
- the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
- people living or working on the same street
- a situation offering opportunities
- the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
adj
verb
noun
- a place off to the side of an area
- the intersection of two streets
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- a small concavity
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- a remote area
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- (soccer) A corner kick.
- (baseball) First base or third base.
- (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
- One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
- (American football) A cornerback.
- (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
- (figuratively) Complete control or ownership of something.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
- (attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
- (Maine) The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
verb
- force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape
- turn a corner
- gain control over
- (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- (finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- (transitive) To supply with corners.
- (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
intj
noun
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
- the act of adding one thing to another
- something added to what you already have
- a quantity that is added
- a component that is added to something to improve it
- (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
- (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
- (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
- Anything that is added.
adv
- throughout an area
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
noun
- a building having a circular plan and a dome
- a large circular room
- (typography, frequently capitalized) A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based.
- (geometry) A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.
- (Philippines) Alternative spelling of rotonda.
- (architecture) A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
noun
- An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- A state of mind.
- Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- Any area of the earth: a region.
- The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
- A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
- An area of the body, especially the skin.
- The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
- A location or position in space.
- The position as a member of a sports team.
- An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
- (euphemistic slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- A role or purpose; a station.
- The position of a contestant in a competition.
- (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a blank area
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- proper or appropriate position or location
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the passage that is being read
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- a general vicinity
- an abstract mental location
verb
- (transitive, in collocations) To make.
- (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- (transitive) To bet.
- (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
- (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
- (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.
- (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
- (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
- make an investment
- assign a location to
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- identify the location or place of
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- assign a rank or rating to
- locate
- sing a note with the correct pitch
- to arrange for
- assign to (a job or a home)
- estimate
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
noun
- a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
- usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- (geology) A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
- A street with such a group of houses in it.
- (heraldry) A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
- (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.
- A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
- (agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
- (UK, informal) A single house in such a group.
- A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- (in the plural, chiefly British) The standing area of a sports stadium.
- A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
verb
name
- The surrounding area.
- A community in Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
- Piccadilly, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus.
- A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, named after Piccadilly in London (OS grid ref SP2298).
- (rail transport) Manchester Piccadilly station, the main railway station in Manchester.
- A community in Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A suburb of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4598).
- A small town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
- (rail transport) The Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
- A hamlet in Beechingstoke parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0959).
- A suburb of Kalgoorlie, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.
adj
- Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
- used of buildings joined by common sidewalls
- In a romantic or sexual relationship.
- Connected; joined.
- Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- Fond of (used with to).
- (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
- being joined in close association
- fond and affectionate
- associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
verb
noun
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
verb
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
noun
noun
- a narrow street with walls on both sides
- a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
- (informal, rare) A group of clowns; the collective noun for clowns.
- A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
- (bowling) An establishment where bowling is played.
- (tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
- A marble (small ball used in games).
- The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
- (baseball) The area between the outfielders.
- A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
- (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
- A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
noun
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
- The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
- (law) Basis or justification for something.
- The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
- plural of ground
verb
noun
- An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
- (figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.
- The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
- Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
- a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
conj
verb
noun
- A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
- A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
- The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
- A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
- a line of approach
- a wide street or thoroughfare
noun
- A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
- A curved pastry.
- (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
- The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
- A crescentspot butterfly.
- (Islam) A representation of a crescent, used as a symbol of Islam.
- (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
- any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
adj
verb
noun
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- (Canada, US) A strip mall.
- A shopping mall.
- A town's public square.
- An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
noun
- the central area in a building; open to the sky
- any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- (biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.
- (palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
- (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
- (anatomy) A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
- (anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
- (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
- (anatomy) An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
noun
- A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
- a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
- (voodoo) A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room.
- A porch surrounded by columns.
noun
- a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
- (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
- any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
- an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
- (geometry, loosely, perhaps by meronymy) A frustum of a sphere.
- (geometry) The curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes.
- A band or stripe extending around a body.
- (crystallography) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
- A band or area of growth encircling anything.
- (networking) That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.
- (now literary) A belt or girdle.
- (ice hockey) Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.
- (basketball, American football) A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.
- (baseball, informal) The strike zone.
- (by extension) A restricted category or virtual place.
- Any given region or area of the world.
- (handball) A semicircular area in front of each goal.
- (figurative, chiefly sports) A mental state of high concentration and performance; see: in the zone.
- A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
- A circuit; a circumference.
verb
- regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
- separate or apportion into sections
- (transitive) To divide into or assign to sections or areas.
- (transitive) To define the property use classification of (an area).
- (intransitive, slang) To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
- To assign to a restricted category.
adj
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- Honest; straightforward; fair.
- (of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
- (slang, derogatory) Socially conventional; boring.
- Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
- Solid, decent, substantial.
- Even; tied
- (automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.
- Forming a right angle (90°).
- (nautical) Forming 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.
- Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
- providing abundant nourishment
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- leaving no balance
- without evasion or compromise
- having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
- characterized by honesty and fairness
adv
noun
- (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 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.
- (geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- (colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal.
- (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
- (computing) A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
- (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- (slang, MLE) A well-defined torso.
- (slang) Cigarette.
- (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
- (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
- A cell in a grid.
- The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- A square piece, part, or surface.
- An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- (Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- (military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
- (academia) A mortarboard.
- something approximating the shape of a square
- an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- the product of two equal terms
- a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
verb
- (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
- To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- (nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
- To form with four sides and four right angles.
- (ambitransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
- To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
- To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
- (transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
- (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
- (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- make square
- be compatible with
- position so as to be square
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- raise to the second power
- pay someone and settle a debt
noun
- a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
- (informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
- one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
- (informal) Quadruplex videotape.
- A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.
- A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU).
- (informal) A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth.
- (skating) A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
- (informal) A quadrupel beer.
- (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
- (electronics, telecommunications) A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
- (informal) A quadcopter.
- (informal) The quadriceps muscle.
- A skate with four wheels.
- (radio) A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
- (poker slang, attributive) Of or relating to quads (four of a kind).
- A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
- (chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
- (informal) A quadriplegic person.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
- (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
- (intransitive) To ride a quad bike.
- (typography, letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
noun
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
verb
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
noun
- A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
- (figurative) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
- (military, World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
- A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
- (historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
- a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
verb
noun
- an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- an administrative division of a county
- the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
- (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- (informal, real estate) A townhouse.
- (colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
- Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
noun
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
verb
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
noun
- a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- (nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the last two hang obliquely.
- (finance) 10⁹, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
- A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
- (US, Canada, Australia) The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
- (slang, drugs) One hundred, usually referring to currency or money's worth.
- (US, slang, uncommon) 100 dollars.
- A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
- (obsolete outside of fossil forms) A tall, slender, hollow receptacle or tool.
- Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
- An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
- (informal) Ellipsis of cubic yard, a unit of volume; common in mining and earthmoving.
- (nautical) Any spar carried aloft.
- (Jamaica, MLE) One’s house or home.
- (informal) Ellipsis of square yard, a unit of area; common with textiles.
verb
noun
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
verb
noun
- The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
- (databases) Ellipsis of skyline operator.
- A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.
- The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.
- (journalism) A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
- the outline of objects seen against the sky
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
verb
noun
- a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
- An enclosed shopping centre.
- (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
- A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
verb
noun
- a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
- a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
verb
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
adj
noun
- A road as above, but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
- (uncountable, sports) A style of skateboarding featuring typically urban obstacles.
- (specifically, US, Canada) The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
- (finance) Ellipsis of Wall Street.
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
- (slang, uncountable) Streetwise slang.
- (poker slang) Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
- The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- (attributive) Living in the streets.
- The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
- (slang, in the plural) People in general, as a source of information.
- (figuratively) A great distance.
- the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
- people living or working on the same street
- a situation offering opportunities
- the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
adj
verb
noun
- a place off to the side of an area
- the intersection of two streets
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- a small concavity
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- a remote area
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- (soccer) A corner kick.
- (baseball) First base or third base.
- (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
- One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
- (American football) A cornerback.
- (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
- (figuratively) Complete control or ownership of something.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
- (attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
- (Maine) The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
verb
- force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape
- turn a corner
- gain control over
- (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- (finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- (transitive) To supply with corners.
- (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
intj
noun
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
- the act of adding one thing to another
- something added to what you already have
- a quantity that is added
- a component that is added to something to improve it
- (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
- (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
- (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
- Anything that is added.
noun
- a building having a circular plan and a dome
- a large circular room
- (typography, frequently capitalized) A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based.
- (geometry) A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.
- (Philippines) Alternative spelling of rotonda.
- (architecture) A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
noun
- An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- A state of mind.
- Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- Any area of the earth: a region.
- The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
- A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
- An area of the body, especially the skin.
- The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
- A location or position in space.
- The position as a member of a sports team.
- An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
- (euphemistic slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- A role or purpose; a station.
- The position of a contestant in a competition.
- (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a blank area
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- proper or appropriate position or location
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the passage that is being read
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- a general vicinity
- an abstract mental location
verb
- (transitive, in collocations) To make.
- (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- (transitive) To bet.
- (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
- (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
- (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.
- (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
- (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
- make an investment
- assign a location to
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- identify the location or place of
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- assign a rank or rating to
- locate
- sing a note with the correct pitch
- to arrange for
- assign to (a job or a home)
- estimate
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
noun
- a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
- usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- (geology) A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
- A street with such a group of houses in it.
- (heraldry) A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
- (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.
- A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
- (agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
- (UK, informal) A single house in such a group.
- A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- (in the plural, chiefly British) The standing area of a sports stadium.
- A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
verb
noun
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
verb
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
noun
noun
- a narrow street with walls on both sides
- a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
- (informal, rare) A group of clowns; the collective noun for clowns.
- A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
- (bowling) An establishment where bowling is played.
- (tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
- A marble (small ball used in games).
- The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
- (baseball) The area between the outfielders.
- A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
- (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
- A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
noun
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
- The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
- (law) Basis or justification for something.
- The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
- plural of ground
verb
noun
- An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
- (figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.
- The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
- Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
- a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
conj
verb
noun
- A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
- A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
- The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
- A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
- a line of approach
- a wide street or thoroughfare
noun
- A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
- A curved pastry.
- (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
- The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
- A crescentspot butterfly.
- (Islam) A representation of a crescent, used as a symbol of Islam.
- (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
- any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
adj
verb
noun
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- (Canada, US) A strip mall.
- A shopping mall.
- A town's public square.
- An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
noun
- the central area in a building; open to the sky
- any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- (biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.
- (palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
- (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
- (anatomy) A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
- (anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
- (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
- (anatomy) An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
noun
- A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
- a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
- (voodoo) A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room.
- A porch surrounded by columns.
noun
- a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
- (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
- any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
- an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
- (geometry, loosely, perhaps by meronymy) A frustum of a sphere.
- (geometry) The curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes.
- A band or stripe extending around a body.
- (crystallography) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
- A band or area of growth encircling anything.
- (networking) That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.
- (now literary) A belt or girdle.
- (ice hockey) Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.
- (basketball, American football) A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.
- (baseball, informal) The strike zone.
- (by extension) A restricted category or virtual place.
- Any given region or area of the world.
- (handball) A semicircular area in front of each goal.
- (figurative, chiefly sports) A mental state of high concentration and performance; see: in the zone.
- A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
- A circuit; a circumference.
verb
- regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
- separate or apportion into sections
- (transitive) To divide into or assign to sections or areas.
- (transitive) To define the property use classification of (an area).
- (intransitive, slang) To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
- To assign to a restricted category.
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adv
- throughout an area
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
adj
- Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
- used of buildings joined by common sidewalls
- In a romantic or sexual relationship.
- Connected; joined.
- Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- Fond of (used with to).
- (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
- being joined in close association
- fond and affectionate
- associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
verb
adj
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- Honest; straightforward; fair.
- (of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
- (slang, derogatory) Socially conventional; boring.
- Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
- Solid, decent, substantial.
- Even; tied
- (automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.
- Forming a right angle (90°).
- (nautical) Forming 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.
- Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
- providing abundant nourishment
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- leaving no balance
- without evasion or compromise
- having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
- characterized by honesty and fairness
adv
noun
- (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 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.
- (geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- (colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal.
- (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
- (computing) A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
- (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- (slang, MLE) A well-defined torso.
- (slang) Cigarette.
- (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
- (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
- A cell in a grid.
- The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- A square piece, part, or surface.
- An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- (Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- (military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
- (academia) A mortarboard.
- something approximating the shape of a square
- an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- the product of two equal terms
- a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
verb
- (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
- To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- (nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
- To form with four sides and four right angles.
- (ambitransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
- To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
- To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
- (transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
- (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
- (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- make square
- be compatible with
- position so as to be square
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- raise to the second power
- pay someone and settle a debt