- nouncorner (noun) · corners (plural noun)
- a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet:"Jan sat at one corner of the table"
- 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"
- a place where two streets meet:"an apartment on the corner of 199th Street and Amsterdam Avenue" · "the corner house"
- a difficult or awkward situation:"he found himself backed into a corner"
- first or third base on a baseball diamond:"two outs, with runners on the corners"
- a sharp bend in a road:"serious racers want a car that is fast going into and out of the corners"
- a part, region, or area, especially 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" · "parents are often tempted to resort to snooping and prying into every corner to make sure their children are safe"
- a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.
- short for corner kick
- boxingwrestlingeach of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds.
- a contestant's supporters or seconds:"Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner"
- baseballeach of the two parallel sides of home plate, which are perceived as defining the vertical edges of the strike zone.
verbcorner (verb) · corners (third person present) · cornered (past tense) · cornered (past participle) · cornering (present participle)- 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"
- detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will:"I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes"
- control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity:"whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen"
- establish a corner in (a commodity):"you cornered vanadium and made a killing"
- (of a vehicle) go around a bend in a road:"no squeal is evident from the tires when cornering fast"
OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape:
- control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity:
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