Cornered

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cornered \Cor"nered\ (-n?rd), p. a.
     1 Having corners or angles.
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     2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cornered
       adj : forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had
             me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a
             trapped animal" [syn: {at bay(p)}, {trapped}, {treed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "cornered":
     V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, angular, at bay, aux abois, bent,
     between two fires, crooked, crotched, endangered, forked, furcal,
     furcate, geniculate, geniculated, hooked, imperiled, in a corner,
     in a predicament, in danger, in desperate case, in extremis,
     in jeopardy, jagged, jeopardized, knee-shaped, on the spot,
     pointed, saw-toothed, sawtooth, serrate, sharp, sharp-cornered,
     threatened, treed, up a stump, up a tree, zigzag