corner
/ˈkɔɹ.nɚ/ verbe C2En français : rencogner, piéger, acculer, cornériser
- To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space. · The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
- To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
- To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price. · The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.· It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
- To turn a corner or drive around a curve. · As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
- To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning. · That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
- To supply with corners.
He/she/it corners · Prétérit cornered · Participe passé cornered · Forme en -ing cornering
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- corner
- He/she/it
- corners
- Prétérit
- cornered
- Participe passé
- cornered
- Forme en -ing
- cornering
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
Caderousse lingered for a moment, then taking leave of old Dantès, he went downstairs to rejoin Danglars, who awaited him at the corner of the Rue Senac.
At this moment, and as Villefort had arrived at the corner of the Rue des Conseils, a man, who seemed to have been waiting for him, approached; it was M.
It would not rest him to lie down, and he could not close his eyes; so he remained all night staring at a little spider which was weaving its web in a corner of the room, just as if it were not one of the most wonderful rooms in the world.
Caderousse approached him just as Danglars, whom Fernand seemed most anxious to avoid, had joined him in a corner of the room.
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