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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corner \Cor"ner\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cornered} (-n?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cornering}.]
1. To drive into a corner.
2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cornered \Cor"nered\ (-n?rd), p. a. 1 Having corners or angles.
2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cornered
adjective: 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)}, {trapped}, {treed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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