corner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a place off to the side of an area
    • he tripled to the rightfield corner
    • the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
  2. noun the point where two lines meet or intersect
    • the corners of a rectangle
  3. noun an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
    nook.
    • a piano was in one corner of the room
  4. noun the intersection of two streets
    street corner; turning point.
    • standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
  5. noun the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
    • the corners of a cube
  6. noun a small concavity
    recession; niche; recess.
  7. noun a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
    • a corner on the silver market
  8. noun a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
    box.
    • his lying got him into a tight corner
  9. noun a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
    • he knocked off the corners
  10. noun a remote area
    • in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
  11. noun (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
    quoin.
  12. verb gain control over
    • corner the gold market
  13. verb force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
    tree.
  14. verb turn a corner
    • the car corners

WordNet

Cor"ner noun
Etymology
OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.
Definitions
  1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
  2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
  3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.
    From the four corners of the earth they come. Shak.
  4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
    This thing was not done in a corner. Acts xxvi. 26.
  5. Direction; quarter.
    Sits the wind in that corner! Shak.
  6. 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. Broker's Cant
Cor"ner transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cornered present participle & verbal noun Cornering
Definitions
  1. To drive into a corner.
  2. To drive into a position of great difficaulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
  3. 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.

Webster 1913