CORNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corner mean? 

• CORNER (noun)
  The noun CORNER has 11 senses:

1. a place off to the side of an area

2. the point where two lines meet or intersect

3. an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

4. the intersection of two streets

5. the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

6. a small concavity

7. a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

8. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

9. a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

10. a remote area

11. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

  Familiarity information: CORNER used as a noun is familiar.

• CORNER (verb)
  The verb CORNER has 3 senses:

1. gain control over

2. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

3. turn a corner

  Familiarity information: CORNER used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place off to the side of an area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The point where two lines meet or intersect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

the corners of a rectangle

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corner"):

canthus (either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An interior angle formed by two meeting walls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

corner; nook

Context example:

a piano was in one corner of the room

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corner"):

amen corner (area reserved for persons leading the responsive 'amens')

chimney corner; inglenook (a corner by a fireplace)

Holonyms ("corner" is a part of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Derivation:

corner (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The intersection of two streets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

corner; street corner; turning point

Context example:

standing on the corner watching all the girls go by

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

carrefour; crossing; crossroad; crossway; intersection (a junction where one street or road crosses another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corner"):

blind corner (a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving)

Derivation:

corner (turn a corner)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

the corners of a cube

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Derivation:

corner (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A small concavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

corner; niche; recess; recession

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

concave shape; concavity; incurvation; incurvature (a shape that curves or bends inward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corner"):

pharyngeal recess (a small recess in the wall of the pharynx)

Derivation:

corner (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

a corner on the silver market

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

monopoly ((economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller)

Derivation:

corner (gain control over)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

box; corner

Context example:

his lying got him into a tight corner

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

plight; predicament; quandary (a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one)

Derivation:

corner (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A projecting part where two sides or edges meet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

he knocked off the corners

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

part; piece (a portion of a natural object)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A remote area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

in many corners of the world they still practice slavery

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Sense 11

Meaning:

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

corner; quoin

Hypernyms ("corner" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Domain category:

architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)

Holonyms ("corner" is a part of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

• CORNER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they corner    ... he / she / it corners   
Past simple: cornered   
Past participle: cornered   
-ing form: cornering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gain control over

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

corner the gold market

Hypernyms (to "corner" is one way to...):

command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

corner (a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

corner; tree

Hypernyms (to "corner" is one way to...):

channelise; channelize; direct; guide; head; maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; point; steer (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

corner (an interior angle formed by two meeting walls)

corner (the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect)

corner (a small concavity)

corner (a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Turn a corner

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the car corners

Hypernyms (to "corner" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

corner (the intersection of two streets)

 Context examples 

So saying, the stranger backed along with me into the parlour and put me behind him in the corner so that we were both hidden by the open door.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

There is a trap-door at the back of that building, near the corner of Paul’s Wharf, which could tell some strange tales of what has passed through it upon the moonless nights.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But she glanced curiously from time to time into the dark corner where he sat.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The canvas was heavy and hard, and she sewed with the regular sailor’s palm and three-cornered sail-needle.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He led the way to a glass case in a corner, and pointed to the inscription.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Movement of the lip corners is governed by the zygomatic major muscle.

(Movement of Lip Corners, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids join.

(Outer Canthus, NCI Thesaurus)

In one corner, near a small fire, sat an old man, leaning his head on his hands in a disconsolate attitude.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I don't mean one of those two-pages-to-the-week-with-Sunday-squeezed-in-a-corner diaries, but a sort of journal which I can write in whenever I feel inclined.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Buck, as was his custom, was lying in a corner, head on paws, watching his master’s every action.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)