square
/skwɛə(ɹ)/ verbe C2En français : élever au carré
- To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular · The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
- To place at a right angle to the mast or keel. · to square the yards
- To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit. · John can square this question up for us.· These results just don't square with what we expected.
- To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something. · I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.· to square our actions by the opinions of others
- Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
- To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as. · square the circle
- To tile (completely fill) with squares.
He/she/it squares · Prétérit squared · Participe passé squared · Forme en -ing squaring
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- square
- He/she/it
- squares
- Prétérit
- squared
- Participe passé
- squared
- Forme en -ing
- squaring
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
Dantès continued at his post in spite of the presence of the pilot, until this manœuvre was completed, and then he added, “Half-mast the colors, and square the yards!”
“The moment you have received this, have the kindness to take the letter of credit from my pocket-book, which you will find in the square drawer of the secrétaire; add your own to it, if it be not sufficient.
So Oz brought a pair of tinsmith’s shears and cut a small, square hole in the left side of the Tin Woodman’s breast.
He put the heart in the Woodman’s breast and then replaced the square of tin, soldering it neatly together where it had been cut.
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