corner
nounEtymology
From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn.
Definitions
The point where two converging lines meet
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
An edge or extremity
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
- Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind. I took a trip out to his corner of town.
- Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her; / From the four corners of the earth they come, / To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint:
- Indian English is today one of the most widespread and abundantly used varieties of English, in extensive use not only throughout South Asia but in virtually every corner of the globe.
A secret or secluded place
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
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An embarrassing situation
An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to…
A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
Relating to the playing field.
- The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- Welcome to our English corner.
A point scored in a rubber at whist.
To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
- In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.
To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
- The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate…
To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
- It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
To supply with corners.
- Tool for cornering and cutting off copper switch blades
Spoken by service staff such as waiters when walking around a corner, to warn other staff…
Spoken by service staff such as waiters when walking around a corner, to warn other staff and prevent a collision.
One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
- Big firms received rebates from railroads in which they owned stock, paid off city officials in order to obtain a low-cost water supply, and fought meat-inspection laws, and meat packers speculated in pork and beef corners.
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, at the "corner"…
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, at the "corner" of three counties.
A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States
A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States; it is in the north-east corner of the county.
Ellipsis of Hyde Park Corner.
The Tattersalls horse repository and betting rooms, originally located at Hyde Park…
The Tattersalls horse repository and betting rooms, originally located at Hyde Park Corner.
The neighborhood
Derived
around the corner, at the corner, back oneself into a corner, boundary corner, box oneself into a corner, cater-corner, catty-corner, chimney-corner, chimney corner, coffin corner, cornerback, corner bath, corner boy, corner bracket, cornercap, corner case, corner flag, corner forward, corner infield, corner infielder, corner kick, cornerless, cornerlike, cornerman, corner man, corner office, corner of the eye, corner of the mouth, cornerpiece, corner pub, corner quote, corner shop, corner solution, cornersome, corner-stone, cornerstone, corner store, corner throw, corner time, corner tooth · +56 more
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA