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Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.\nThe corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.", "submean": [ "The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.\nThe chimney corner was full of cobwebs.\n1879, R J, chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., , →OCLC:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.\n1982, The Desert Realm‎, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 221:The Altay Mountains to the north prevent rain clouds from reaching the Gurbantünggüt Desert, which fills the center of the Junggar Basin in China's northwest corner.", "The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.\nHerbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.", "An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.\nThe liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.", "(attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.\ncorner store, corner deli, corner newsagent" ] }, { "mean": "An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.\nShining a light in the dark corners of the mind.  I took a trip out to his corner of town.\nc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her; / From the four corners of the earth they come, / To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint:\n2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248:Indian English is today one of the most widespread and abundantly used varieties of English, in extensive use not only throughout South Asia but in virtually every corner of the globe." }, { "mean": "A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.\nOn weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book." }, { "mean": "An embarrassing situation; a difficulty." }, { "mean": "(business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.\nIn the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful." }, { "mean": "(heading) Relating to the playing field.", "submean": [ "(baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.\nThe pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.", "(baseball) First base or third base.\nThere are runners on the corners with just one out.", "(soccer) A corner kick.", "(American football) A cornerback.", "(boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.", "(boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout." ] }, { "mean": "A place where people meet for a particular purpose.\nWelcome to our English corner." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.\nThe cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.\n2013 June 18, Simon Romero, \"Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders,\" New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):\nIn Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.\nThe reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation." }, { "mean": "(finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.\nThe buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.\nIt's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players." }, { "mean": "(automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.\nAs the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out." }, { "mean": "(automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.\nThat BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To supply with corners.\n1937, Mechanical World and Engineering Record (volume 102, page 208)\nTool for cornering and cutting off copper switch blades" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }