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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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Cornered definition: having corners (usually used in combination). See examples of CORNERED used in a sentence.
Cornered means having corners or being in a position where escape is difficult. Learn the meaning, usage, synonyms, and translations of cornered in English and Spanish.
Definitions of cornered. 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.
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.
Cornered is the past tense of corner, meaning to put someone or something in a difficult or dangerous situation. Find synonyms, antonyms, and related words for cornered in this online thesaurus.
Definition of corner verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
