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ALL meanings of corner

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  • countable noun corner A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join. 3
  • countable noun corner The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet. 3
  • countable noun corner The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it. 3
  • countable noun corner The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street. 3
  • countable noun corner A corner is a bend in a road. 3
  • countable noun corner If you talk about the corners of the world, a country, or some other place, you are referring to places that are far away or difficult to get to. 3
  • countable noun corner In football, hockey, and some other sports, a corner is a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the pitch. 3
  • verb corner If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from. 3
  • verb corner If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you. 3
  • verb corner If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area. 3
  • verb corner If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes round bends in roads in this way. 3
  • noun corner the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces 3
  • noun corner a projecting angle of a solid object or figure 3
  • noun corner the place where two streets meet 3
  • noun corner any small, secluded, secret, or private place 3
  • noun corner a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficult 3
  • noun corner any part, region or place, esp a remote place 3
  • noun corner something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book 3
  • noun corner a monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled 3
  • noun corner 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 3
  • noun corner either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests 3
  • noun corner a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120° 3
  • noun corner located on a corner 3
  • noun corner suitable or designed for a corner 3
  • noun corner either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation 3
  • verb corner to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible 3
  • verb corner to furnish or provide with corners 3
  • verb corner to place in or move into a corner 3
  • verb corner to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market 3
  • verb corner to attain control of (a market) in such a manner 3
  • verb corner (of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner 3
  • verb corner to be situated on a corner 3
  • verb corner (in soccer, etc) to take a corner 3
  • noun corner the point or place where lines or surfaces join and form an angle 3
  • noun corner the area or space within the angle formed at the joining of lines or surfaces 3
  • noun corner the area at the tip of any of the angles formed at a street intersection 3
  • noun corner something used to form, mark, protect, or decorate a corner 3
  • noun corner a remote, secret, or secluded place 3
  • noun corner region; quarter; part 3
  • noun corner an awkward position from which escape is difficult 3
  • noun corner a monopoly acquired on a stock or a commodity so as to be able to raise the price 3
  • verb transitive corner to drive or force into a corner or awkward position, so that escape is difficult 3
  • verb transitive corner to get a monopoly on (a stock or commodity) 3
  • intransitive verb corner to meet at or abut (on) a corner 3
  • intransitive verb corner to turn corners 3
  • adjective corner at or on a corner 3
  • adjective corner used in a corner 3
  • noun corner intersection of edges 1
  • noun corner intersection of two walls 1
  • noun corner street: intersection 1
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