(v5s,vi) (1) to be hard pressed
to be at a loss
(2) to become poor
to be reduced to poverty
(n) height
acme
extremity
(n) predicament
(n,adj-no) ultimate
extreme
final
eventual
(adj-na,n) narrow
tight
stiff
rigid
uneasy
formal
constrained
(P)
(n) desperate measure
expedient of last resort
(n,vs) dying in miserable circumstances
(n) distress
wretched condition
(P)
(n) cornered rat or mouse
(n) dilemma
predicament
(P)
(n) cornered bird
(n,vs) cornered
driven to the wall
(n,vs) financial difficulty
distress
(n,vs) poverty
(P)
(n) poor people
the poor
(n) extremity
desperation
(n,vs) poverty
distress
(P)
(n,vs) investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown)
enquiry
inquiry
(n,vs,adj-no) great poverty
(adj-na,n) eternity
infinitude
immortality
(vs-s,vi) (1) to be hard pressed
to be at a loss
(2) to become poor
to be reduced to poverty
(v5r,vi) to terminate
to reach an extreme
to take to the extreme
to be in a dilemma
to be at an end
(v1,vt) (1) to carry to extremes
to go to the end of something
(2) to investigate thoroughly
to master
(n) poor student (scholar)
(n) the poor or needy or destitute
(n,vs) impoverishment
(n) without limit
endless
(n) extreme purpose
(exp) A cornered rat will bite the cat
One who is cornered will fight like a devil
(n) desperate measure
