corner
kawr ner
- n a place off to the side of an area
he tripled to the rightfield corner
the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean - n the point where two lines meet or intersect
the corners of a rectangle - n an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
a piano was in one corner of the room - n the intersection of two streets
standing on the corner watching all the girls go by - n the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
the corners of a cube - n a small concavity
- n a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
a corner on the silver market - n a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
his lying got him into a tight corner - n a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
he knocked off the corners - n a remote area
in many corners of the world they still practice slavery - n (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- v gain control over
corner the gold market - v force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
- v turn a corner
the car corners
- First of all, as economist Robert Shiller has pointed out, the index that bears his name has shown signs of turning a corner in the past.
- As the Senate prepared to reconvene, Republican members were poised for a hard game of puss-in-corner.
- In the old days, cornering a market in commodities or stocks was a favorite pastime among the wizards of Wall Street and the giants of the grain pits.