1. the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
2. the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room.
3. a projecting angle, especially of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.
4. the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.
5. an end; margin; edge.
6. any narrow, secluded, or secret place.
7. an awkward or embarrassing position, especially one from which escape is impossible.
8. a monopolizing or a monopoly of the available supply of a stock or commodity to a point permitting control of price (applied only when monopoly price is exacted).
9. region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.
10. Surveying.
• the point of intersection of the section lines of a land survey, often marked by a monument or some object, as a pipe that is set or driven into the ground.
• a stake, tree, or rock marking the intersection of property lines.
11. a piece to protect the corner of anything.
12. first base or third base: Votto is out on strikes for the third out, and the Reds leave runners on the corners.
13. Baseball.
• any point on the line forming the left or right boundary of home plate: a pitch on the corner.
• the area formed by the intersection of the foul line and the outfield fence.
14. Boxing.
• the immediate area formed by any of the four angles in the ring.
• one of the two assigned corners where a boxer rests between rounds and behind which the handlers sit during a fight.
15. corner kick.

16. situated on or at a corner where two streets meet: a corner drugstore.
17. made to fit or be used in a corner: a corner cabinet.

18. to furnish with corners.
19. to place in or drive into a corner.
20. to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible: He finally cornered the thief.
21. to gain control of (a stock, commodity, etc.).

22. to meet in or be situated on or at a corner.
23. to form a corner in a stock or commodity.
24. (of an automobile) to turn, especially at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved.

25. cut corners,
• to use a shorter route.
• to reduce costs or care in execution: cutting corners to meet the foreign competition.
26. rude, boorish, or unsophisticated characteristics, manners, or the like: Despite his rough corners, he was very likable.
27. the most distant or remote regions: They traveled to the four corners of the earth.
28. to pass through a crisis safely: When the fever passed, we knew he had turned the corner.

1. the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces
2. a projecting angle of a solid object or figure
3. the place where two streets meet
4. any small, secluded, secret, or private place
5. a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficult
6. any part, region or place, esp a remote place
7. something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book
8. a monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled
9. a free kick or shot from the corner of the field, taken against a defending team when the ball goes out of play over their goal line after last touching one of their players
10. either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests
11. a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120°
12. to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
13. close at hand
14. to pass the critical point (in an illness, etc)
15. located on a corner
16. suitable or designed for a corner
17. either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation

18. to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible
19. to furnish or provide with corners
20. to place in or move into a corner
21. (tr)
• to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market
• to attain control of (a market) in such a manner
22. (of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner
23. to be situated on a corner
24. (in soccer, etc) to take a corner

1. an area in central Australia, at the junction of the borders of Queensland and South Australia

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