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CORNER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The intersection of two streets

Example:

standing on the corner watching all the girls go by

Synonyms:

corner; street corner; turning point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

corner; quoin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An interior angle formed by two meeting walls

Example:

a piano was in one corner of the room

Synonyms:

corner; nook

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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 point where two lines meet or intersect

Example:

the corners of a rectangle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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 5

Meaning:

A place off to the side of an area

Example:

the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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 6

Meaning:

A remote area

Example:

in many corners of the world they still practice slavery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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 7

Meaning:

The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

Example:

the corners of a cube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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 8

Meaning:

A projecting part where two sides or edges meet

Example:

he knocked off the corners

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

part; piece (a portion of a natural object)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A small concavity

Synonyms:

corner; niche; recess; recession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

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 10

Meaning:

A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

Example:

his lying got him into a tight corner

Synonyms:

box; corner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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 11

Meaning:

A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

Example:

a corner on the silver market

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn a corner

Example:

the car corners

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

corner; tree

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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:

Gain control over

Example:

corner the gold market

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

So I went outside, and sat down in the shade in a corner.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was the usual two-story corner building, with a saloon and grocery underneath.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Towards midnight he was about to poke his fire, and as he was blowing it, something cried suddenly from one corner: Au, miau! how cold we are!

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The man had hurt his leg, and was lying on the couch in a corner.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Your present or prospective employer or client will want you in their corner, and by the course of your talks, this truth will be evident.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

At one corner, the corner nearest the room which we had left, there was a second door.

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

A gland producing tears in a third eyelid in the corner of each eye, as seen in animals.

(Gland of the Third Eyelid, NCI Thesaurus)

With its stocky legs set squarely at each corner of its compact, muscular body, its deliberate gait has become a waddle.

(English Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)

The junction of the upper and lower lips at the corner of the mouth.

(Commissure of the Lip, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Inner Canthus, NCI Thesaurus)