Corral

//kəˈɹæl// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

    "We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama."

  2. 2
    a pen for cattle wordnet
  3. 3
    An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.

    "Please return the shopping carts to the corral."

  4. 4
    A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.

    "The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks."

Verb
  1. 1
    To capture or round up.

    "Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen."

  2. 2
    gather and secure wordnet
  3. 3
    To place inside of a corral.

    "After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner."

  4. 4
    arrange wagons so that they form a corral wordnet
  5. 5
    To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.

    "The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night."

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  1. 6
    enclose in a corral wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
penaccumulateacquireagglomerateaggregateaggroup

Example

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"NASA wants to corral an asteroid."

Etymology

From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.

Related phrases

fish corralturtle-corralround up

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