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cornered
(encz) | cornered,hranatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cornered
(gcide) | Corner \Cor"ner\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-n?rd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cornering.]
1. To drive into a corner.
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2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless
embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
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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.
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Cornered
(gcide) | Cornered \Cor"nered\ (-n?rd), p. a.
1 Having corners or angles.
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2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
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cornered
(wn) | cornered
adj 1: 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), cornered, trapped,
treed] |
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cata-cornered
(encz) | cata-cornered, adj: |
cater-cornered
(encz) | cater-cornered, |
catty-cornered
(encz) | catty-cornered, adj: |
cornered
(encz) | cornered,hranatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
got you cornered
(encz) | got you cornered, |
kitty-cornered
(encz) | kitty-cornered, adj: |
sharp-cornered
(encz) | sharp-cornered, adj: |
three-cornered
(encz) | three-cornered,třírohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
three-cornered leek
(encz) | three-cornered leek, n: |
bias catacorner cata-cornered catercorner cater-cornered catty-corner catty-cornered diagonal kitty-corner kitty-cornered oblique skew skewed slanted
(gcide) | nonparallel \nonparallel\ adj.
1. not parallel; -- of lines or linear objects. Opposite of
parallel. [Narrower terms: {bias, catacorner,
cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner,
catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered,
oblique, skew, skewed, slanted ; {crossed, decussate,
intersectant, intersecting}; cross-grained ; {diagonal;
{orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled ;
right, perpendicular; angled ; {convergent] Also See:
convergent, divergent, diverging.
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2. (Computers) Not using parallel processing; -- of
computers. [Narrower terms: serial] PJC] |
cata-cornered
(gcide) | cata-cornered \cata-cornered\ adj.
having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn: bias, catacorner, catercorner, cater-cornered,
catty-corner, catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner,
kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted.
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Cater-cornered
(gcide) | Cater-cornered \Ca"ter-cor`nered\, a. [Cf. Cater to cut
diagonally.]
Diagonal. [Colloq.]
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catty-cornered
(gcide) | catty-corner \catty-corner\ catty-cornered \catty-cornered\adj.
1. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn: bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner,
cater-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered,
oblique, skew, skewed, slanted.
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Four-cornered
(gcide) | Four-cornered \Four"-cor`nered\, a.
Having four corners or angles.
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Three-cornered
(gcide) | Three-cornered \Three"-cor`nered\, a.
1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
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2. (Bot.) Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a
three-cornered stem.
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three-cornered hat
(gcide) | Cock \Cock\ (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cocked (k[o^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Cocking.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.]
1. To set erect; to turn up.
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Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay.
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Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift.
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2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
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3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
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They cocked their hats in each other's faces.
--Macaulay.
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4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid,
as an expression of derision or insinuation.
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Cocked hat.
(a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked
crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also
three-cornered hat.
(b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three
pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a
triangle.
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cata-cornered
(wn) | cata-cornered
adj 1: slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in
a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" [syn:
catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, {cater-
cornered}, catty-corner, catty-cornered, {kitty-
corner}, kitty-cornered] |
cater-cornered
(wn) | cater-cornered
adj 1: slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in
a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" [syn:
catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, {cater-
cornered}, catty-corner, catty-cornered, {kitty-
corner}, kitty-cornered] |
catty-cornered
(wn) | catty-cornered
adj 1: slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in
a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" [syn:
catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, {cater-
cornered}, catty-corner, catty-cornered, {kitty-
corner}, kitty-cornered] |
cornered
(wn) | cornered
adj 1: 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), cornered, trapped,
treed] |
kitty-cornered
(wn) | kitty-cornered
adj 1: slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in
a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" [syn:
catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, {cater-
cornered}, catty-corner, catty-cornered, {kitty-
corner}, kitty-cornered] |
sharp-cornered
(wn) | sharp-cornered
adj 1: having sharp corners [syn: sharp-cornered, {sharp-
angled}] |
three-cornered
(wn) | three-cornered
adj 1: having three corners; "a three-cornered hat"
2: involving a group or set of three; "a three-cornered race" |
three-cornered leek
(wn) | three-cornered leek
n 1: European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves are
triangular [syn: three-cornered leek, triquetrous leek,
Allium triquetrum] |
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