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- A monopoly or controlling interest in a salable commodity, allowing the controlling party to dictate terms of sale
In the 1970's, private investors tried to obtain a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
- One of the four vertices of the strike zone
The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
- To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning
That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
- 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.
- first base or third base
There are runners on the corners with just one out.
- To turn a corner or drive around a curve
As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
- A point at which a function has two distinct derivatives
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object
Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
- To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it
It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
- A corner kick
- To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space
The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
- 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.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies
I took a trip out to his corner of town.
- 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 intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection
The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
- {n} an angle, extremity, secret place, end
- A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market"
- - where two or more edges meet on a solid figure
- the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
- In Vutrax, any position where a track changes direction or width - a Vutrax ANGLE point
- A point of intersection of real property boundary lines, which may or may not be monumented
- An area near the intersection of baseline and sideline
- Refers mathematically to a corner of an n-dimensional cube When considering a situation measured by many independent variables, the corners are the maximum or minimum of each independent variable (The cube consists of the volume spanned by all allowed values of all variables ) The most interesting corners are those where a particular effect is maximized or minimized (The analysis assumes that the resultant effect is maximized or minimized at the allowed extremes of each independent variable when the other variables are held constant at any allowed value ) For example, the lowest performance corner condition for silicon transistor drive strength would be maximum temperature, minimum voltage, and slowest process
- If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes round bends in roads in this way. Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears
- an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"
- If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it is very near. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner. My new place is just around the corner
- force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
- If you are in a corner or in a tight corner, you are in a situation which is difficult to deal with and get out of. The government is in a corner on interest rates He appears to have backed himself into a tight corner. = in a tight spot
- The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn Pokémon with this attack: Houndour L16
- The beginning or end point of any survey line The term corner does not imply the property was in any way square
- You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other. They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories
- A corner is a bend in a road. a sharp corner = bend
- {i} place where two surfaces meet; angle
- In football, hockey, and some other sports, a corner is a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the pitch
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"
- Style of bathtub or whirlpool where two sides form a right angle to fit in the corner of two adjacent walls This style utilizes room space and requires a tub surround to be built around exposed sides
- 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. This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas = monopolize
- (1) Securing such relative control of a commodity or security that its price can be manipulated; (2) In the extreme situation, obtaining contracts requiring the delivery of more commodities or securities than are available for delivery
- The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet. a card table in the corner of the living room The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net Finally I spotted it, in a dark corner over by the piano
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you. Golan managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"
- If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from. A police motor-cycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal
- The point of intersection of two boundaries
- force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape gain control over; "corner the gold market
- Person opposite your partner
- gain control over; "corner the gold market"
- The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it. Out of the corner of her eye she saw that a car had stopped
- {f} hold at bay; gain advantage on the market; approach; catch, trap
- If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner. The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner. = imminent
- A geographic point on a land boundary at which two or more boundary lines meet
- a projecting part that is corner-shaped; "he knocked off the corners"
- To get command of a stock, commodity, etc
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"
- 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
- the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle" a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye" a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube" a projecting part that is corner-shaped; "he knocked off the corners" a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market" turn a corner; "the car corners" force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape gain control over; "corner the gold market
- the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"
- The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street. We can't have police officers on every corner He waited until the man had turned a corner
- n pojok
- To drive into a corner
- disapproval If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should. Take your time, don't cut corners and follow instructions to the letter
- (1) To corner is to secure such relative control of a commodity or security that its price can be manipulated; (2) In the extreme situation, obtaining contracts requiring delivery of more commodities or securities than are available for delivery
- Direction; quarter
- To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument
- A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join. He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket Write `By Airmail' in the top left hand corner
- a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
- turn a corner; "the car corners"
- a small concavity
- corner boy
- Someone who hangs around on street corners; a corner man
- corner flag
- A flag that to denote the corner of the field of play
- corner infield
- The portion of the infield consisting of first base and third base
- corner infielder
- A player whose fielding position is in the corner infield (first base or third base)
- corner infielders
- plural form of corner infielder
- corner kick
- : A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where the ball went out of play
- corner kicks
- plural form of corner kick
- corner office
- An office at a place in a building or floor where two walls join together, generally occupied by managers
- corner shop
- A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, sweets, newspapers, and other everyday items which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers
- corner shops
- plural form of corner shop
- corner solution
- A solution to a minimization or maximization problem where an interior solution is infeasible
- corner store
- A convenience store, whether or not it is on a corner
- corner stores
- plural form of corner store
- corner the market
- To monopolize a resource or commodity, as with the intent of driving up prices
Why, there ain't going to be any wheat left in Chicago by May! If I get in now and buy a long line of cash wheat, where are all these fellows who've sold short going to get it to deliver to me? . . . Jadwin sprang forward, gripping the broker by the shoulder. Sam, he shouted, . . . we can corner the market!.
- corner the market
- To have exclusive possession; to possess something to a high or excessive degree
It will not do to say that the Irish have a monopoly on stupidity, yet there have been times when I thought they nearly cornered the market.
- corner time
- A punishment consisting in a periode of time the culprit (usually a mischievous child) must stand still in a corner, facing the wall
Oliver's spankings were always followed by corner time, pants still down, so his fresh stripes could serve as deterrent for the other boys.
- corner tooth
- One of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes
- corner the market
- (deyim) Become so successful at selling or making a particular product that almost no one else sells or makes it
- corner flag
- flag used to mark the corner boundary of a soccer field
- corner kick
- situation in soccer in which a player kicks the ball into play from the corner of the field
- corner kick
- A direct free kick from a corner of the field awarded to the attacking team in soccer when the ball has been driven out of bounds over the goal line by a defender
- corner kick
- a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line
- corner of the eye
- edge of the eye, outskirts of one's plane of vision
- corner pocket
- a pocket at the corner of a billiard table
- corner post
- a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building
- corner shop
- A corner shop is a small shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells mainly food and household goods. a small shop near houses, that sells food, cigarettes, and other things needed every day convenience store
- corner shop
- (British) convenience store, mini-mart
- corner stone
- stone which forms the corner of a building (often set in place during a ceremony); basic part, main part, foundation
- corner store
- {i} convenience store or mini-mart usually open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week
- corner store
- A corner store is the same as a corner shop
- corner the market
- have a monopoly on a certain product; gain control over
- cow corner
- Region of the field, roughly between deep midwicket and long on
- coffin corner
- Either corner of the field formed by the sideline and the defending team's goal line. The ball may be deliberately punted out of bounds in this area, thus forcing the receiving team to play very close to its goal line
- Dutch corner
- Laying bricks with a three-quarter brick closure at the corner
- Four-Corner
- A method of encoding Chinese characters using four numerical digits per character (in some situations, an additional digit is used)
- around the corner
- imminent; very soon
He has been studying hard, but his exam is just around the corner and he's nervous.
- cater-corner
- Diagonally across from
Altman's is sited catercorner to the ESB.
- cater-corner
- Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another
The Empire State Building and the old Altman's Deparment store are catercorner, at Fifth Avenue and East 34th Street, with the ESB at the southwest, and Altman's at the northeast.
- catty-corner
- See the synonym and definition at catercorner, of which this is a regional spelling variant
- cornered
- Simple past tense and past participle of corner
- hole-and-corner
- Conducted in secret; clandestine
Whatever made you think in the first place that I would give up the security of my happy marriage for a hole-and-corner affair with you?.
- hospital corner
- A tight and precise method of tucking a sheet or blanket under the edges of a mattress, so as to form crisp folds at the corners of the bed
- hot corner
- Third base
Jones plays the hot corner.
- keystone corner
- second base, because it is often the key to scoring and defense
Jones takes the toss at the keystone corner, on to first .... double play.
- kitty corner
- Situated diagonally across from, especially at an intersection
The candy store is kitty corner from the mall.
- kitty corner
- On a diagonal line
- kitty-corner
- (with to: ) located diagonally across from something, especially across an intersection
- out of the corner of one's eye
- Sideways, obliquely, askance
I caught sight of him out of the corner of my eye.
- out of the corner of one's eye
- With suspicion
When he said he would pay her back next week, she looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
- paint oneself into a corner
- To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions
- penalty corner
- a particular penalty awarded against the defending team in certain circumstances
- short corner
- A penalty corner
- short corner
- A short pass from a corner (the set piece)
- turn a corner
- Alternative form of turn the corner
- turn the corner
- To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger
- chimney corner
- {n} the fireside, the place of idlers
- around the corner
- (deyim) Soon to come or happen; close by; near at hand
The fortuneteller told Jane that there was an adventure for her just around the corner.
- have a corner on a market
- (deyim) If a company has a corner on a particular market, it is more successful than any other company at selling the particular type of product
- just around the corner
- (deyim) Soon to come or happen; close by; near at hand
The fortuneteller told Jane that there was an adventure for her just around the corner.
- paint oneself into a corner
- (deyim) Leave oneself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre
- paint oneself into a corner
- Do something which puts you in a very difficult situation and limits the way that you can act
1. I've painted myself into a corner here.
2. Having said I won't take less than £20 an hour, I can't then be seen to accept a job that pays less.
- paint yourself into a corner
- Do something which puts you in a very difficult situation and limits the way that you can act
1. I've painted myself into a corner here.
2. Having said I won't take less than £20 an hour, I can't then be seen to accept a job that pays less.
- puss in the corner
- (Oyunlar) Puss in the Corner is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is similar to another solitaire game Sir Tommy, but with modifications and with the waste piles placed at the corners of the foundations, hence the name
- A corner
- herne
- Poets' Corner
- a part of Westminster Abbey in London where many famous English poets are buried, including Chaucer and Shakespeare
- Speaker's Corner
- an area in the northeast corner of Hyde Park in London, where ordinary people can go, especially on Sunday mornings, to make a speech about any subject, and other people listen to them and sometimes argue with them. People often stand on a box to make their speeches
- a corner
- neuk
- amen corner
- area reserved for persons leading the responsive amens
- blind corner
- a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
- catty-corner
- kitty-corner
- chimney corner
- a corner by a fireplace
- cornered
- forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"
- cornered
- {s} having corners, having a certain number or kind of corners (three-cornered, etc.); caught, trapped, unable to escape
- cornered
- past of corner
- cornered
- 1 Having corners or angles
- cornered
- In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay
- cornering
- present participle of corner
- corners
- third-person singular of corner
- corners
- The Vertices of a System
- corners
- Four curved areas of the hockey rink where a great deal of action takes place
- corners
- plural of corner
- corners
- players positioned at first and third base are considered to be "at the corners" of the infield
- curled up in his corner
- crouched down in his corner, isolated
- cut a corner
- ignore details, do a hasty job and forget details
- drive into a corner
- force into a corner, force into a situation that is hard to escape from, corner
- hole and corner transactions
- transactions conducted secretly
- hole-and-corner
- Wells
- hole-and-corner
- relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H
- hospital corner
- A tight-fitting triangular fold made by tucking a sheet and blanket securely under a mattress on the end and on each side at the corners
- just around the corner
- {s} nearby, very close, at hand; imminent, about to happen
- kicked from the corner
- kicked into play from one of the corners of the playing field (Soccer)
- laid the corner-stone
- set the corner-stone in place
- lay a corner stone
- lay the first stone, begin construction
- lay the corner stone
- lay the first stone, begin construction
- made him stand in the corner
- forced him to stand in the corner of the room (as a form of punishment)
- poets corner
- An angle in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, London; so called because it contains the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden, Ben Jonson, Gray, Tennyson, Browning, and other English poets, and memorials to many buried elsewhere
- remote corner
- distant place
- round the corner
- around the corner, just beyond the corner
- stand in the corner
- be in an upright position in the corner of a room; pretend
- stood in the corner
- stood alone in the corner, was forced to stand in the corner (as a form of punishment)
- street corner
- intersection between two streets
- tight corner
- tough situation, trouble
- turn the corner
- go around the block on the street
- was driven into a corner
- was forgotten, received less attention