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corner - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'corner' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Corner [ n.]
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- Direction; quarter.
- The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock.
2 . Corner [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'corner' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . corner [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
Example in sentence:
  • a corner on the silver market
Meaning (2):
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
Example in sentence:
  • a piano was in one corner of the room
Meaning (3):
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
Example in sentence:
  • he knocked off the corners
Meaning (4):
- a place off to the side of an area
Example in sentence:
  • he tripled to the rightfield corner;
  • the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
Meaning (5):
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
Example in sentence:
  • his lying got him into a tight corner
Meaning (6):
- a remote area
Example in sentence:
  • in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
Meaning (7):
- the intersection of two streets
Example in sentence:
  • standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
Meaning (8):
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
Example in sentence:
  • the corners of a cube
Meaning (9):
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
Example in sentence:
  • the corners of a rectangle
10 . corner [ v]
Meaning (10):
- gain control over
Example in sentence:
  • corner the gold market
Meaning (11):
- turn a corner
Example in sentence:
  • the car corners