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Verb
/ˈkôrnər/,
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corners, plural;
  1. Force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape
    • - the man was eventually cornered by police dogs
  2. Detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will
    • - I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes
  3. Control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity
    • - whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen
  4. Establish a corner in (a commodity)
    • - you cornered vanadium and made a killing
  5. (of a vehicle or driver) Go around a bend in a road
    • - no squeal is evident from the tires when cornering fast
Noun
  1. A place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet
    • - Jan sat at one corner of the table
  2. An area inside a room, box, or square-shaped space, near the place where two or more edges or surfaces meet
    • - he drove the ball into the corner of the net
  3. A place where two streets meet
    • - an apartment on the corner of 199th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
    • - the corner house
  4. A difficult or awkward situation
    • - he found himself backed into a corner
  5. First or third base on a baseball diamond
    • - two outs, with runners on the corners
  6. A sharp bend in a road
    • - serious racers want a car that is fast going into and out of the corners
  7. A part, region, or area, esp. one regarded as secluded or remote
    • - they descended on the college from all corners of the world
    • - his wisdom was disseminated to the four corners of the earth
    • - she couldn't bear journalists prying into every corner of her life
  8. A position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity

  9. Each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds

  10. A contestant's supporters or seconds
    • - Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner
  11. Each of the two parallel sides of home plate, which are perceived as defining the vertical edges of the strike zone

  1. (corner) gain control over; "corner the gold market"
  2. (corner) a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
  3. (corner) the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"
  4. (corner) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
  5. (corner) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"
  6. (corner) the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
  7. Corners was a BBC children's television series in the 1980s. Produced by Alison Stewart, the format of the programme was that viewers would submit questions and queries (usually general knowledge, but sometimes metaphysical or scientific), and the two hosts, Sophie Aldred and Simon Davies, would ...
  8. The Corners, California may refer to: *The Corners, former name of Buena Vista, Amador County, California *The Corners, former name of Boonville, California
  9. Plantsville is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut. It is centered at the merger between South Main Street (road from the Milldale section) and West Main Street (road from the Marion section). ...
  10. A corner is the place where two lines meet at an angle, and a concave corner of intersecting walls is generally thought to be the least beneficial position to be in a life-or-death situation. ...
  11. (Corner (fence)) Various obstacles are found in competitive sports involving Horse jumping. These include show jumping, hunter, and the cross-country phase of the equestrian discipline of eventing. ...
  12. (Corner (route)) A corner route is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver runs up the field and then turns at approximately a 45 degree angle, heading away from the quarterback towards the sideline. ...
  13. (corner) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal; The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; The projection into space of an angle in a solid object; An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the ...
  14. (Corner) (1) Securing such relative control of a commodity or security that its price can be manipulated; (2) In the extreme situation, obtaining contracts requiring the delivery of more commodities or securities than are available for delivery.
  15. (Corner) The beginning or end point of any survey line. The term corner does not imply the property was in any way square.
  16. (Corner) direct free kick taken by an attacking player from the corner of the defending team's end of the field in an attempt to score; awarded to an attacking team when the ball crosses the goal line last touched by the defending team. ...
  17. (Corner) lady on man's left (also called “left hand lady”), man on lady's right
  18. (Corner) Where the boxers rest in between rounds
  19. (Corner) placing a bet on the corner of a group of four numbers (such as 19, 20, 22, 23). If the ball lands on any one of the four numbers, odds are paid at 8-to-1.
  20. An inside corner of rock, the opposite to an arête (UK). See Dihedral.
  21. square, quarter, corner is a bet on four numbers when tokens are placed on the line crossing between any four numbers.
  22. (CORNER) Any shot that hits a sidewall close to the front wall and then hits the front wall. See Reverse Corner.
  23. (CORNER) A reference to one of the four areas of angulation or corners of a note.
  24. (CORNER) CABINET - built-in or independently crafted cabinet designed to fit tightly into the corner of a room, often symmetrically flanking two sides of a room
  25. (CORNER) Hidden or unavoidable choices; confrontation; feeling stuck / Changing your direction; passing a critical point / Taking short cuts, cutting corners / If turning a blind corner: Summoning the courage to take a necessary risk in life / (see LEFT, RIGHT)