cornered

[ kawr-nerd ]

/ ˈkɔr nərd /

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adjective

having corners (usually used in combination): a six-cornered room.

having a given number of positions; sided (usually used in combination): a four-cornered debate.

forced into an awkward, embarrassing, or inescapable position: a cornered debater; a cornered fox.

Origin of cornered

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at corner, -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM cornered

un·cor·nered, adjective

Words nearby cornered

corner chair, corner kick, corner table, corner the market, cornerback, cornered, cornerman, cornerstone, cornerwise, cornet, cornet-à-pistons

Definition for cornered (2 of 2)

corner

[ kawr-ner ]

/ ˈkɔr nər /

noun

the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.

the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room.

a projecting angle, especially of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.

the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.

an end; margin; edge.

any narrow, secluded, or secret place.

an awkward or embarrassing position, especially one from which escape is impossible.

Finance. a monopolizing or a monopoly of the available supply of a stock or commodity to a point permitting control of price (applied only when monopoly price is exacted).

region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.

Surveying.

the point of intersection of the section lines of a land survey, often marked by a monument or some object, as a pipe that is set or driven into the ground.Compare section(def 5).
a stake, tree, or rock marking the intersection of property lines.

a piece to protect the corner of anything.

Baseball.

any point on the line forming the left or right boundary of home plate: a pitch on the corner.
the area formed by the intersection of the foul line and the outfield fence.

Boxing.

the immediate area formed by any of the four angles in the ring.
one of the two assigned corners where a boxer rests between rounds and behind which the handlers sit during a fight.

Soccer. corner kick.

adjective

situated on or at a corner where two streets meet: a corner drugstore.

made to fit or be used in a corner: a corner cabinet.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with corners.

to place in or drive into a corner.

to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible: He finally cornered the thief.

to gain control of (a stock, commodity, etc.).

verb (used without object)

to meet in or be situated on or at a corner.

to form a corner in a stock or commodity.

(of an automobile) to turn, especially at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved.

Origin of corner

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, equivalent to Old French corne corner, horn (< Latin cornū horn; cf. cornu) + -er -er²

SYNONYMS FOR corner

7 predicament, impasse, dead end.

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Example sentences from the Web for cornered

Alastair Sim had jowls like melting candle wax, a snarl like a cornered cat and eyes cold with contempt.

How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas |Clive Irving |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Putin is cornered, according to Saakashvili, which is why he is lashing out.

U.S. Military Chief Compares Putin’s Ukraine Move to Stalin’s Invasion of Poland |Josh Rogin |July 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
By acquiring WhatsApp, Facebook has cornered the mobile-messaging market in North America and Europe.

WhatsApp Experiences Massive Outage Days After Facebook Acquisition, Internet Blames Zuckerberg |Marlow Stern |February 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Got to the point where Onstad boiled over, cornered Johnny, bawled him out.

The Ballad of Johnny France |Richard Ben Cramer |January 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Cornered near Big Bear Lake, he took his own life after a shootout with law officers.

The Deaths You Missed This Year |Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson |December 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
And I used John's name when he cornered me, because I remembered him, and how kind he'd been.

The Wishing-Ring Man |Margaret Widdemer
A raw fish, cornered in the shallows and scooped out, furnished one of the best meals he had ever tasted.

The Time Traders |Andre Norton
The lion was outwardly a gentle lion, pleasant when cornered, but seldom cornered.

August First |Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews and Roy Irving Murray
She thought for a terrible minute, which seemed ages long to her, that she was cornered now.

The Girl from Montana |Grace Livingston Hill
Deacon Daniel was evidently not to be cornered, and I came away without any assurance of amendment on his part.

The Diary of a Saint |Arlo Bates

British Dictionary definitions for cornered (1 of 2)

Corner

noun

the Corner informal an area in central Australia, at the junction of the borders of Queensland and South Australia

British Dictionary definitions for cornered (2 of 2)

corner

/ (ˈkɔːnə) /

noun

the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces

a projecting angle of a solid object or figure

the place where two streets meet

any small, secluded, secret, or private place

a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficult a tight corner

any part, region or place, esp a remote place

something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book

commerce a monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled

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

either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests

mountaineering a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120° US name: dihedral

cut corners to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards

round the corner or just round the corner close at hand

turn the corner to pass the critical point (in an illness, etc)

(modifier) located on a corner a corner shop

(modifier) suitable or designed for a corner a corner table

logic either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation See quasi-quotation

verb

(tr) to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible finally they cornered the fox

(tr) to furnish or provide with corners

(tr) to place in or move into a corner

(tr)

to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market
Also: engross to attain control of (a market) in such a mannerCompare forestall (def. 3)

(intr) (of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner

(intr) US to be situated on a corner

(intr) (in soccer, etc) to take a corner

Word Origin for corner

C13: from Old French corniere, from Latin cornū point, extremity, horn

Idioms and Phrases with cornered

corner

In addition to the idiom beginning with corner

corner the market

also see:

around the corner
cut corners
four corners of the earth
in a tight corner
out of the corner of one's eye
paint oneself into a corner
turn the corner

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Definition for cornered (2 of 2)

noun

adjective

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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