corral

noun

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cor·ral | \ kə-ˈral

, -ˈrel \

Definition of corral

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock herded the cattle into the corral

2 : an enclosure made with wagons for defense of an encampment

corral

verb

corralled; corralling

Definition of corral (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to enclose in a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 1) corralled the horses

2 : to arrange (wagons) so as to form a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 2)

3 : collect, gather corralling votes for the upcoming election

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Noun the horses live in our corral, along with a cow Verb corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun On the breezy northwest side of our Lake Eola, William A. Lovell built a steam sawmill in 1854 and also built a corral for 300 head of cattle on the site of the future Orlando Public Library. — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Apr. 2021 Weiss was looking in at the corral — there was just one girl left riding. — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2021 In addition to the pool, there’s a putting green, a working horse barn and a corral. — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2020 Another mild uphill section lands at a corral where some of the most sweeping vistas of the hike come into view. — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2020 The retailer in between, Great Highway Gallery, plans its own covered corral that will allow artists to sell their work during the holidays. — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2020 The security guard motioned toward Taylor, who was feet away in a corral of shopping carts, twirling a bat. — Michael Williams, SFChronicle.com, 26 Oct. 2020 There’s a parking turnout a few yards in and additional parking farther up the road near a corral. — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2020 Russell Westbrook stood in the Houston Rockets’ corral. — Berry Tramel, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Moments later, after Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson missed a driving layup, Green leaped through traffic to corral the defensive rebound. — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2021 Liberal Democrats have been disappointed so far by Biden's inability to corral the party behind raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in five years. — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 4 Mar. 2021 But the pandemic has pushed both patients and healthcare providers to a new appreciation of the risk in continuing to corral sick and healthy together in close quarters. — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 23 May 2021 Giannuzzi can’t corral a long clear that wraps around the boards and that scrambles up Portland’s coverage. — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 27 Apr. 2021 Juwan Howard set up an open 3-point look for cold-shooting Franz Wagner, who missed most of everything, and Eli Brooks missed a put-back before UCLA was able to corral the rebound. — Kristen Davis, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021 Replays showed Pettis might have used the ground to corral the ball. — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2021 Few efforts across the globe to corral the coronavirus pandemic have been successful. — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020 At 6-3, 223 pounds, the redshirt sophomore spent three years in Mickey Marotti’s strength program bulking up to corral Big Ten running backs and lock up tight ends. — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2021

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