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/kˈɔrnərd/ Listen

verb

Corner v. t. (past & past part. cornered; pres. part. cornering)

To drive into a corner.

To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.

To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.

adjective

Cornered adj.

1 Having corners or angles.

In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.

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Etymology of 'Cornered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cornered" Quotes from Famous Books

... dimples in her cheeks which looked like spittoons for cupids. A copious double chin appeared below, like an imperfect continuation of the face, while her high-piled bosom, which was defended by stiff points of lace and a many-cornered collar, as if by turrets and bastions, reminded one of a fortress. Still, it is by no means certain that this fortress would have resisted an ass laden with gold, any more than did that of which Philip of Macedon ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VI. • Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke

... stop like a cornered deer as she saw him suddenly blocking the path. She turned, then stopped and turned back slowly. Her eyes were wide, cheeks flushed. Taut breasts rose and fell deeply, and her hands were ...

— Strange Alliance • Bryce Walton

... Isolation Building there is a number of three-cornered cells where men are chained to the doors; they have little cots; these cells are shown. But down beneath there is the real hole. These underground cells have no cots; when a man drops, he drops on the cement floor. ...

— The Subterranean Brotherhood • Julian Hawthorne

... would see me, and I had my first interview at last only by getting on a night train which he had taken for Cleveland. There in his stateroom, cornered, he received me with a grim reluctance. And with a humorous glint in ...

— The Harbor • Ernest Poole

... he was alone that night, he was very heavy-hearted, and sat a long time by his square oak table in the light of the three- cornered brazen lamp which, stood at his elbow. The principal chamber of the presbytery was cross-vaulted and divided into two by a low round arch supported on slender double columns with capitals fantastically carved. ...

— Via Crucis • F. Marion Crawford

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