Found 3 items, similar to Cornering.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: corner
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: corner
corner
n 1: a place off to the side of an area;
“he tripled to the
rightfield corner”;
“he glanced out of the corner of his
eye”
2: the point where two lines meet or intersect;
“the corners of
a rectangle”
3: an interior angle formed be two meeting walls;
“a piano was
in one corner of the room” [syn:
nook]
4: the intersection of two streets;
“standing on the corner
watching all the girls go by” [syn:
street corner,
turning point
]
5: the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;
“the corners of a cube”
6: a small concavity [syn:
recess,
recession,
niche]
7: a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;
“a
corner on the silver market”
8: a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is
impossible;
“his lying got him into a tight corner” [syn:
box]
9: a projecting part that is corner-shaped;
“he knocked off the
corners”
10: a remote area;
“in many corners of the world they still
practice slavery”
11: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building;
especially one formed by a cornerstone [syn:
quoin]
corner
v 1: gain control over;
“corner the gold market”
2: force a person or an animal into a position from which he
cannot escape
3: turn a corner;
“the car corners”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cornering
Corner
\Cor"ner\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cornered (-n?rd); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Cornering.]
1. To drive into a corner.
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2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless
embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
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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.
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