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(verb) turn a corner: "the car corners" |
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Related Words: turn |
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(verb) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape |
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Related Words: direct, guide, head, maneuver, manouevre, point, steer |
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(verb) gain control over; "corner the gold market" |
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Related Words: command, control |
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(noun) the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" |
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Synonyms: street corner, turning point |
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Related Words: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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(noun) (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone |
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Synonyms: quoin |
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Related Words: construction, structure |
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(noun) an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" |
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Synonyms: nook |
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Related Words: amen corner, area, chimney corner, inglenook |
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(noun) the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle" |
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Related Words: canthus, point |
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(noun) a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye" |
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Related Words: area, country |
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(noun) a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" |
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Related Words: area, country |
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(noun) the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube" |
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Related Words: point |
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(noun) a projecting part that is corner-shaped; "he knocked off the corners" |
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Related Words: part, piece |
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(noun) a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" |
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Synonyms: box |
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Related Words: plight, predicament, quandary |
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(noun) a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade: "a corner on the silver market" |
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Related Words: monopoly |
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(noun) a small concavity |
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Synonyms: niche, recess, recession |
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Related Words: concave shape, concavity |
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