Foursquare

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foursquare \Four"square`\ (f[=o]r"skw[^a]r`), a.
     Having four sides and four equal angles. --Sir W. Raleigh.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  foursquare
       adj : characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; "a
             foursquare refusal to yield"
       n : (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four
           right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can
           compute the area of a square if you know the length of
           its sides" [syn: {square}]
       adv 1: in a square position; "the building stood foursquare"
       2: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood
          foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"-
          C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"
          [syn: {squarely}, {straightforwardly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "foursquare":
     aboveboard, authentic, biquadratic, bona fide, cube-shaped, cubed,
     cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, fair and square, four, four-legged,
     four-rayed, genuine, good-faith, oblong, on the level,
     on the square, on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard,
     orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate, quadratic, quadric, quadriform,
     quadrilateral, quadrinomial, quadrivalent, quadruped, quartic,
     quartile, quaternary, rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid,
     single-hearted, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, straight,
     straight-shooting, tetractinal, tetrad, tetragonal, tetrahedral,
     tetravalent, trapezohedral, trapezoid, up-and-up, veritable