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cor·nered       [kawr-nerd] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having corners (usually used in combination): a six-cornered room.
2.having a given number of positions; sided (usually used in combination): a four-cornered debate.
3.forced into an awkward, embarrassing, or inescapable position: a cornered debater; a cornered fox.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME; see corner, -ed3]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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cor·ner       (kôr'nər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle: the four corners of a rectangle.
    2. The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner: sat by myself in the corner; the corner of one's eye.
    3. Sports Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.
    4. Baseball Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.
    5. A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
    6. Exclusive possession; monopoly: "Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas" (George B. Merry).
  2. The place where two roads or streets join or intersect.
    1. Sports Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.
    2. Baseball Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.
    3. A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
    4. Exclusive possession; monopoly: "Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas" (George B. Merry).
  4. A threatening or embarrassing position from which escape is difficult: got myself into a corner by boasting.
  5. A remote, secluded, or secret place: the four corners of the earth; a beautiful little corner of Paris.
  6. A part or piece made to fit on a corner, as in mounting or for protection.
    1. A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
    2. Exclusive possession; monopoly: "Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas" (George B. Merry).

v.   cor·nered, cor·ner·ing, cor·ners

v.   tr.
  1. To furnish with corners.
  2. To place or drive into a corner: cornered the thieves and captured them.
  3. To form a corner in (a stock or commodity): cornered the silver market.

v.   intr.
  1. To come together or be situated on or at a corner.
  2. To turn, as at a corner: a truck that corners poorly.

adj.  
  1. Located at a street corner: a corner drugstore.
  2. Designed for use in a corner: a corner table.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French corne, corner, horn, from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, pl. of cornū, horn, point; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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cornered

adjective
forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal" [syn: at bay] 

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Cornered

Cor"nered\ (-n?rd), p. a. 1 Having corners or angles.

2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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