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Synonyms for squared
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skwair |
| Phonetic Transcription : skwɛər |
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Définition of squared
Origin :- c.1300, "tool for measuring right angles," from Old French esquire "a square, squareness," from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrare "to square," from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + quadrare "make square, set in order, complete" (see quadrant).
- Meaning "rectangular shape or area" is recorded by late 14c.; replaced Old English feower-scyte. Sense of "open space in a town or park" is from 1680s. The mathematical sense of "a number multiplied by itself" is first recorded 1550s.
- verb correspond, agree
- verb pay off, satisfy
- verb adapt, regulate
- We got into the offing, and squared away for the river again.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Somebody to be attacked—somebody to be scored off—somebody to be squared.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- He stood straight, squared his shoulders and breathed deeply.
- Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
- Involuntarily, Clayton squared himself, as if an attack were imminent.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- He squared his shoulders and jammed his clenched fists into his pockets.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Wisht I'd had him aboard a vessel of mine; I'd 'a' squared his yards for him.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I squared my shoulders and as Hephzy would have said, "perked up" amazingly.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Bentley squared his shoulders and spoke quietly and determinedly.
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
- Morrow drew a deep breath and unconsciously he squared his shoulders.
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- His color heightened and unconsciously he squared his shoulders.
- Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
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