-cornered - The Dictionary

cor·ner (kôr?n?r)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.c. A corner kick in soccer.d. Football A cornerback.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 place or drive into a corner: cornered the thieves and captured them.2. To form a corner in (a stock or commodity): cornered the silver market.3. To furnish with corners.v.intr.1. To turn, as at a corner: a truck that corners poorly.2. To come together or be situated on or at a corner.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.[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- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cor?nered (?k?r n?rd) adj. 1. having corners (usu. used in combination): a six-cornered room. 2. having a given number of positions; sided (usu. used in combination): a four-cornered debate. 3. forced into an awkward, embarrassing, or inescapable position. [1300?50] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.