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Definition of Corner

1. Noun. A place off to the side of an area. "The southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"

2. Verb. Gain control over. "Corner the gold market"

3. Noun. The point where two lines meet or intersect. "The corners of a rectangle"

4. Verb. Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.

5. Noun. An interior angle formed by two meeting walls. "A piano was in one corner of the room"

6. Verb. Turn a corner. "The car corners"

7. Noun. The intersection of two streets. "Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

8. Noun. The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect. "The corners of a cube"

9. Noun. A small concavity.

10. Noun. A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade. "A corner on the silver market"

11. Noun. A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible. "His lying got him into a tight corner"

12. Noun. A projecting part where two sides or edges meet. "He knocked off the corners"

13. Noun. A remote area. "In many corners of the world they still practice slavery"

14. Noun. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.

Definition of Corner

1. n. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

2. v. t. To drive into a corner.

3. n. A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.

Definition of Corner

1. Noun. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. ¹

2. Noun. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point. ¹

3. Noun. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object. ¹

4. Noun. An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection. ¹

5. Noun. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies. ¹

6. Noun. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. ¹

7. Noun. (business finance) A monopoly or controlling interest in a salable commodity, allowing the controlling party to dictate terms of sale. ¹

8. Noun. (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone. ¹

9. Noun. (baseball) first base or third base. ¹

10. Noun. (football) A corner kick. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it. ¹

14. Verb. (context: automotive transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve. ¹

15. Verb. (context: automotive intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corner

1. to gain control of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corner

cornelian cherry cornelians cornell medical index cornels cornemuse cornemuses corneoblepharon corneocyte envelope corneocytes corneosclera

corneoscleral corneoscleral part of trabecular reticulum corner-stone corner-stones corner boy corner boys corner flag corner forward corner infield corner infielder

corner infielders corner kick corner kicks corner man corner office corner pocket

Literary usage of Corner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"1833 corner was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, ... corner was one of the original members of the Numismatic Society of London, founded 1836 ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"Synthetic violet; might be expected to belong to the F corner. It is a derivative of tetrahydro-benzine and a vicinal ring, which is equivalent to two ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... but of far greater transparency ; in the right lower corner is a crystal of Iceland spar, 1 cm. thick ; in the left lower corner a loop of aluminium ..."

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