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cor·ner  (kôrnr)

n.

1.

a. The position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle: the four corners of a rectangle.

b. The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner: sat by myself in the corner; the corner of one's eye.

2. The place where two roads or streets join or intersect.

3.

a. Sports Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.

b. Baseball Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.

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.

7.

a. A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.

b. 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.

Idiom:

around the corner

About to happen; imminent.

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

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

cornered - forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal" at bay, trapped, treed unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will

Translations

cornered

adj → eckig; (fig) → in die Ecke getrieben