Corner

  • 41CORNER — v. a. Sonner d un cornet ou d une corne. Le vacher a corné dès le matin. J ai entendu corner dans les bois.   Il ne fait que corner, se dit, par dérision, D un homme qui sonne mal du cor, ou D un homme qui importune le voisinage en donnant du cor …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 42Corner —    The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). Corners in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the corners of Moab denotes the whole land of Moab. The corner of a… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 43corner — n. & v. n. 1 a place where converging sides or edges meet. 2 a projecting angle, esp. where two streets meet. 3 the internal space or recess formed by the meeting of two sides, esp. of a room. 4 a difficult position, esp. one from which there is… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 44CORNER — v. intr. Sonner d’un cornet ou d’une corne. Le vacher a corné dès le matin. J’ai entendu corner dans les bois. Il signifie aussi Parler dans un cornet, pour se faire entendre à un sourd. Fig. et fam., Corner aux oreilles de quelqu’un, Parler… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 45corner — noun 1》 a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet.     ↘a place where two streets meet. 2》 a secluded or remote region or area. 3》 a difficult or awkward position. 4》 a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 46corner — cor•ner [[t]ˈkɔr nər[/t]] n. 1) the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet 2) the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle 3) a projecting angle, esp. of a rectangular figure or object 4) the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 47corner — vt. , plier en forme de corne ; mettre des cornes ; déformer (le bord d un chapeau) ; crier // proclamer corner au son d une trompe ; appeler qq. avec une corne : KORNÂ (Albanais.001, Annecy.003, Arvillard, Balme Si.020, Samoëns, Thônes.004), C.… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 48córner — (Del ingl. corner, esquina, rincón.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 DEPORTES Jugada defensiva que constituye falta, que se ejecuta en el fútbol y otros deportes, cuando el balón sale del campo por la línea de la portería, después de haberlo tocado… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 49corner — Synonyms and related words: L, a corner on, aberrancy, aberration, absorb, alcove, angle, apex, asylum, bay, bear raid, bend, bias, bifurcation, bight, blind alley, bolt hole, bother, bottle up, box, branching off, bull raid, buy, buy back, buy… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 50corner —    1. to establish a monopoly in an essential product    Probably from driving cattle into the corner of a yard rather than from storing goods in a hidden place. To corner is British criminal jargon for selling shoddy goods at more than their… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms