"cornered" meaning in English

See cornered in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more cornered [comparative], most cornered [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} cornered (comparative more cornered, superlative most cornered)
  1. Having corners.
    Sense id: en-cornered-en-adj-gfpQ10Up
  2. (figuratively) Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cornered-en-adj-QsTFBfTB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 50 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 51 13 11 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 52 13 11 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cater-cornered, catty-cornered, kitty-cornered, sharp-cornered, three-cornered, three-cornered jack, tricornered

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cornered
  1. simple past and past participle of corner Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: corner
    Sense id: en-cornered-en-verb-1LEqX8oM
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