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We have found lemma(root) word of corners : corner.
Definitions
[ˈkɔːnə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a place or angle where two sides or edges meet
(e.g: Jan sat at one corner of the table)
- a location or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote
(e.g: fountains are discovered in quiet corners and sleepy squares)
- a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity
(e.g: London doesn't have a corner on film festivals)
- a difficult or awkward situation
(e.g: I didn't wait for the prosecutor to try to get me in a corner)
- a place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender
(e.g: he put a corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area)
- each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds
(e.g: when the bell sounded he turned to go back to his corner)
- a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon
Phrases:
- around the corner
- fight one's corner
- in every corner
- in someone's corner
- out of the corner of one's eye
Origin
:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’
[ˈkɔːnə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape
(e.g: the man was eventually cornered by police dogs)
- control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity
(e.g: whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen)
- (of a vehicle) go round a bend in a road
(e.g: no squeal is evident from the tyres when cornering fast)
Phrases:
- around the corner
- fight one's corner
- in every corner
- in someone's corner
- out of the corner of one's eye
Origin
:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’
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