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Definitions for Cornered

[1] having corners (usually used in combination): a six-cornered room.
[2] having a given number of positions; sided (usually used in combination): a four-cornered debate.
[3] forced into an awkward, embarrassing, or inescapable position: a cornered debater; a cornered fox.
[4] the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
[5] the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room.
[6] a projecting angle, especially of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.
[7] the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.
[8] an end; margin; edge.
[9] any narrow, secluded, or secret place.
[10] an awkward or embarrassing position, especially one from which escape is impossible.
[11] 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).
[12] region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.
[13] 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.
[14] a piece to protect the corner of anything.
[15] 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.
[16] 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.
[17] Soccer . corner kick.
[18] situated on or at a corner where two streets meet: a corner drugstore.
[19] made to fit or be used in a corner: a corner cabinet.
[20] to furnish with corners.
[21] to place in or drive into a corner.
[22] to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible: He finally cornered the thief.
[23] to gain control of (a stock, commodity, etc.).
[24] to meet in or be situated on or at a corner.
[25] to form a corner in a stock or commodity.
[26] (of an automobile) to turn, especially at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved.
[27] the Corner informal an area in central Australia, at the junction of the borders of Queensland and South Australia
[28] the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces
[29] a projecting angle of a solid object or figure
[30] the place where two streets meet
[31] any small, secluded, secret, or private place
[32] a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficult a tight corner
[33] any part, region or place, esp a remote place
[34] something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book
[35] commerce a monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled
[36] 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
[37] either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests
[38] mountaineering a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120° US name: dihedral
[39] cut corners to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
[40] round the corner or just round the corner close at hand
[41] turn the corner to pass the critical point (in an illness, etc)
[42] (modifier) located on a corner a corner shop
[43] (modifier) suitable or designed for a corner a corner table
[44] logic either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation See quasi-quotation
[45] (tr) to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible finally they cornered the fox
[46] (tr) to furnish or provide with corners
[47] (tr) to place in or move into a corner
[48] (tr) to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market Also: engross to attain control of (a market) in such a manner Compare forestall (def. 3)
[49] (intr) (of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner
[50] (intr) US to be situated on a corner
[51] (intr) (in soccer, etc) to take a corner

Words related to Cornered

treed

Words nearby Cornered

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

Origin of Cornered

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

Other words from Cornered

un·cor·nered , adjective

Word origin for Cornered

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

Synonyms for Cornered

treed, at bay