adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/skwɛəd/
General-American:/skwɛɹd/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/skweːd/
New-Zealand:/skweəd/without the cheer–chair merger
/skwiəd/New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
Scotland:/skweɹd/
/skwɜː(ɹ)d/Lancashire, fair–fur merger
rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)d
CMU ARPABET:S K W EH1 R D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Covered with a grid of squares.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
Examples
The children were taught to plot graphs on squared paper.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Raised to the second power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Located on the specified kind of square on the board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
Examples
a light-squared bishop
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of square
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having been made square
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
ruutu-
— covered with a grid of squares
Finnish:
ruudutettu
— covered with a grid of squares
Russian:
в кле́тку
(v kletku)
— covered with a grid of squares
Russian:
в кле́точку
(v kletochku)
— covered with a grid of squares
Spanish:
cuadriculado
— covered with a grid of squares
Czech:
na druhou
— raised to the second power
Dutch:
kwadraat
— raised to the second power
Finnish:
toiseen
— raised to the second power
French:
carré
— raised to the second power
German:
zum Quadrat
— raised to the second power
German:
quadriert
— raised to the second power
Indonesian:
kuadrat
— raised to the second power
Indonesian:
pangkat dua
— raised to the second power
Italian:
alla seconda
— raised to the second power
Italian:
al quadrato
— raised to the second power
Japanese:
自乗
(jijō)
— raised to the second power
Lithuanian:
kvadratu
— raised to the second power
Māori:
pūrua
— raised to the second power
Polish:
kwadrat
— raised to the second power
Polish:
do kwadratu
— raised to the second power
Portuguese:
ao quadrado
— raised to the second power
Romanian:
ridicat la pătrat
— raised to the second power
Romanian:
pătrat
— raised to the second power
Romanian:
la a doua
— raised to the second power
Russian:
в квадра́те
(v kvadrate)
— raised to the second power
Spanish:
al cuadrado
— raised to the second power
Spanish:
elevado al cuadrado
— raised to the second power
