Ääntäminen
rhotic:
US:
- non-rhotic:
- US:
- rhotic:
- r-dissimilation:
- Tuntematon aksentti:
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Käännös | Konteksti |
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| Substantiivit |
| 1. | | urheilu |
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| 10. | | murteellinen |
| Verbit |
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| 16. | | auto |
| 17. | | auto |
| Muut/tuntemattomat |
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Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
- An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
- (Maine) The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
- (attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- (figuratively) Complete control or ownership of something.
- (heading) Relating to the playing field.
- (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- (baseball) First base or third base.
- (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.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- (obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.
Huudahdus
- Spoken by service staff such as waiters when walking around a corner, to warn other staff and prevent a collision.
Verbi
- (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
- (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- (finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- (transitive) To supply with corners.
Esimerkit
- The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
- Telles furent les pensées du serrurier lorsqu’il s’assit d’abord dans la confortable encoignure, […].
- That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
- As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
- It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
- The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
- The 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.
- In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.
- The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
- There are runners on the corners with just one out.
- The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
- In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
- On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
- 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:
- I took a trip out to his corner of town.
- Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind.
- The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
- Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
- 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.
- The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
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