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- Dictionarycornered/ˈkɔːnəd/
adjective
- 1. having a specified number of corners: "young boys in six-cornered hats"
- 2. (of a person or animal) forced into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape: "nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast"
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1. a. : the point where converging lines, edges, or sides meet : angle. b. : the place of intersection of two streets or roads. c. : a piece designed to form, mark, or protect a corner. 2. : the angular part or space between meeting lines, edges, or borders near the vertex of the angle. the southwest corner of the state.
Cornered definition: having corners (usually used in combination). See examples of CORNERED used in a sentence.
adjective. forced to turn and face attackers. “she had me cornered between the porch and her car”. synonyms: at bay, trapped, treed. unfree. hampered and not free; not able to act at will.
n. 1. a. The position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle: the four corners of a rectangle. b. The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner: sat by myself in the corner; the corner of one's eye. 2. The place where two roads or streets join or intersect. 3.
Synonyms for CORNERED: monopolized, hogged, bogarted, engrossed, consumed, owned, possessed, absorbed; Antonyms of CORNERED: avoided, shunned, escaped, eschewed, evaded, shook, eluded, ducked.
a part of a larger area, often somewhere quiet or far away: remote corner of They live in a remote corner of Scotland, miles from the nearest store. a kick in football, or a shot in hockey, that is made to start play again from the corner of the playing area: The referee should have intervened sooner to stop the player taking the corner.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of corner. Wiktionary. Synonyms: nonplussed. perplexed. angled. bent. confused. edged. posed. recessed. spotted. retreated. trapped. veered. Antonyms: released. allowed. Advertisement.
