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[syn: at bay(p), cornered, trapped, treed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cornered
adj 1: 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), cornered, trapped,
treed]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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