cornered
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noun
1.
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
2.
the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room.
3.
a projecting angle, especially of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.
4.
the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.
5.
an end; margin; edge.
6.
any narrow, secluded, or secret place.
7.
an awkward or embarrassing position, especially one from which escape is impossible.
8.
9.
region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.
10.
11.
a piece to protect the corner of anything.
12.
Baseball.
a.
any point on the line forming the left or right boundary of home plate: a pitch on the corner.
b.
the area formed by the intersection of the foul line and the outfield fence.
13.
Boxing.
a.
the immediate area formed by any of the four angles in the ring.
b.
one of the two assigned corners where a boxer rests between rounds and behind which the handlers sit during a fight.
14.
Soccer. corner kick.
adjective
15.
situated on or at a corner where two streets meet: a corner drugstore.
16.
made to fit or be used in a corner: a corner cabinet.
verb (used with object)
17.
to furnish with corners.
18.
to place in or drive into a corner.
19.
to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible: He finally cornered the thief.
20.
to gain control of (a stock, commodity, etc.).
verb (used without object)
Idioms 21.
to meet in or be situated on or at a corner.
22.
to form a corner in a stock or commodity.
23.
(of an automobile) to turn, especially at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved.
24.
cut corners,
a.
to use a shorter route.
b.
to reduce costs or care in execution: cutting corners to meet the foreign competition.
25.
rough corners, rude, boorish, or unsophisticated characteristics, manners, or the like: Despite his rough corners, he was very likable.
26.
the four corners of the earth, the most distant or remote regions: They traveled to the four corners of the earth.
27.
turn the corner, to pass through a crisis safely: When the fever passed, we knew he had turned the corner.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces |
| 2. | a projecting angle of a solid object or figure |
| 3. | the place where two streets meet |
| 4. | any small, secluded, secret, or private place |
| 5. | a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficult: a tight corner |
| 6. | any part, region or place, esp a remote place |
| 7. | something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book |
| 8. | commerce a monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled |
| 9. | soccer, hockey a free kick or shot from the corner of the field, taken against a defending team when the ball goes out of play over their goal line after last touching one of their players |
| 10. | either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests |
| 11. | mountaineering US name: dihedral a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120° |
| 12. | cut corners to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards |
| 13. | round the corner, just round the corner close at hand |
| 14. | turn the corner to pass the critical point (in an illness, etc) |
| 15. | (modifier) located on a corner: a corner shop |
| 16. | (modifier) suitable or designed for a corner: a corner table |
| 17. | logic See quasi-quotation either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation |
| —vb | |
| 18. | (tr) to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible: finally they cornered the fox |
| 19. | (tr) to furnish or provide with corners |
| 20. | (tr) to place in or move into a corner |
| 21. | (tr) |
| a. to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market | |
| b. Compare forestall Also: engross to attain control of (a market) in such a manner | |
| 22. | (intr) (of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner |
| 23. | (US) (intr) to be situated on a corner |
| 24. | (intr) (in soccer, etc) to take a corner |
| [C13: from Old French corniere, from Latin cornū point, extremity, | |
| Corner | |
| —n | |
| informal the Corner an area in central Australia, at the junction of the borders of Queensland and South Australia | |
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Word Origin & History
corner
late 13c., from O.Fr. corniere, from corne "horn, corner," from V.L. *corna, from L. cornua, pl. of cornu "projecting point, end, horn" (see horn). Replaced O.E. hyrne. To corner (v.) "turn a corner," as in a race, is 1860s; meaning "drive (someone) into a corner" is Amer.Eng.
1824. Commercial sense is from 1836.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Corner definition
The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). "Corners" in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Moab. The "corner of a field" (Lev. 19:9; 23:22) is its extreme part, which was not to be reaped. The Jews were prohibited from cutting the "corners," i.e., the extremities, of the hair and whiskers running round the ears (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). The "four corners of the earth" in Isa. 11:12 and Ezek. 7:2 denotes the whole land. The "corners of the streets" mentioned in Matt. 6:5 means the angles where streets meet so as to form a square or place of public resort. The corner gate of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 26:9) was on the north-west side of the city. Corner-stone (Job 38:6; Isa. 28:16), a block of great importance in binding together the sides of a building. The "head of the corner" (Ps. 118:22, 23) denotes the coping, the "coign of vantage", i.e., the topstone of a building. But the word "corner stone" is sometimes used to denote some person of rank and importance (Isa. 28:16). It is applied to our Lord, who was set in highest honour (Matt. 21:42). He is also styled "the chief corner stone" (Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6-8). When Zechariah (10:4), speaking of Judah, says, "Out of him came forth the corner," he is probably to be understood as ultimately referring to the Messiah as the "corner stone." (See TEMPLE, SOLOMON'S ØT0003612.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
Or an impulsive showman who will hop the next flight out of town when cornered.
They don't have venom, but they put up quite a bluff when cornered.
If cornered or grabbed these snakes may hiss and strike, but are non venomous and harmless to humans.
When cornered, rattlers feverishly shake their iconic tails as a last warning to back off.
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