corral

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corral

an enclosure for livestock

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choral – sung by or adapted for a chorus or choir

chorale – harmonized hymn; a chorus or choir

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cor·ral

(kə-răl′)

1. An enclosure for confining livestock.

2. An enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment.

tr.v. cor·ralled, cor·ral·ling, cor·rals

1. To drive into and hold in a corral.

2. To arrange (wagons) in a corral.

3. To take control or possession of.

4. To gather; garner: "difficult for congressional leadership to corral a majority of votes" (Don J. Pease).

[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *currāle, enclosure for carts, from Latin currus, cart, from currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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corral

(kɒˈrɑːl)

1. (Agriculture) chiefly US and Canadian an enclosure for confining cattle or horses

2. (Historical Terms) chiefly US (formerly) a defensive enclosure formed by a ring of covered wagons

vb (tr) , -rals, -ralling or -ralled

3. (Agriculture) to drive into and confine in or as in a corral

4. informal to capture

[C16: from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin currāle (unattested) area for vehicles, from Latin currus wagon, from currere to run]

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cor•ral

(kəˈræl)

n., v. -ralled, -ral•ling. n.

1. an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.

2. a circular enclosure of wagons, formed for defense against attack.

v.t.

3. to confine in or as if in a corral.

4. Informal.

a. to seize; capture.

b. to collect or garner: to corral votes.

5. to form (wagons) into a corral.

[1575–85; < Sp < Vulgar Latin *currāle enclosure for carts = Latin curr(us) wagon, cart]

corral

Past participle: corralled
Gerund: corralling

Imperative
corral
corral

Present
I corral
you corral
he/she/it corrals
we corral
you corral
they corral

Preterite
I corralled
you corralled
he/she/it corralled
we corralled
you corralled
they corralled

Present Continuous
I am corralling
you are corralling
he/she/it is corralling
we are corralling
you are corralling
they are corralling

Present Perfect
I have corralled
you have corralled
he/she/it has corralled
we have corralled
you have corralled
they have corralled

Past Continuous
I was corralling
you were corralling
he/she/it was corralling
we were corralling
you were corralling
they were corralling

Past Perfect
I had corralled
you had corralled
he/she/it had corralled
we had corralled
you had corralled
they had corralled

Future
I will corral
you will corral
he/she/it will corral
we will corral
you will corral
they will corral

Future Perfect
I will have corralled
you will have corralled
he/she/it will have corralled
we will have corralled
you will have corralled
they will have corralled

Future Continuous
I will be corralling
you will be corralling
he/she/it will be corralling
we will be corralling
you will be corralling
they will be corralling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been corralling
you have been corralling
he/she/it has been corralling
we have been corralling
you have been corralling
they have been corralling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been corralling
you will have been corralling
he/she/it will have been corralling
we will have been corralling
you will have been corralling
they will have been corralling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been corralling
you had been corralling
he/she/it had been corralling
we had been corralling
you had been corralling
they had been corralling

Conditional
I would corral
you would corral
he/she/it would corral
we would corral
you would corral
they would corral

Past Conditional
I would have corralled
you would have corralled
he/she/it would have corralled
we would have corralled
you would have corralled
they would have corralled

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Noun	1.	corral - a pen for cattle cattle pen, cow pen pen - an enclosure for confining livestock
Verb	1.	corral - enclose in a corral; "corral the horses" inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
	2.	corral - arrange wagons so that they form a corral arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
	3.	corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

corral

(U.S. & Canad.)

noun

1. enclosure, yard, pen, confine, coop, fold As we neared the corral, the horses pranced and whinnied.

verb

1. enclose, confine, cage, fence in, impound, pen in, coop up The men were corralled into a hastily constructed concentration camp.

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Translations

acorralar corral

corral

корраль

corral

[kəˈrɑːl] (US)

A. N → corral m

B. VT → acorralar

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corral

[kəˈrɑːl] n → corral m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

corral

n → Korral m

vt cattle → in den Korral treiben

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corral

[kɒˈrɑːl] n → recinto

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The inhabitants had sufficient notice to drive all the cattle and horses into the "corral" [1] which surrounded the house, and likewise to mount some small cannon.

General Rosas is also a perfect horseman -- an accomplishment of no small consequence In a country where an assembled army elected its general by the following trial: A troop of unbroken horses being driven into a corral, were let out through a gateway, above which was a cross-bar: it was agreed whoever should drop from the bar on one of these wild animals, as it rushed out, and should be able, without saddle or bridle, not only to ride it, but also to bring it back to the door of the corral, should be their general.

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There was no water in the bared and burning bars of the river to reflect the vertical sun, but under its direct rays one or two tinned roofs and corrugated zinc cabins struck fire, a few canvas tents became dazzling to the eye, and the white wooded corral of the stage office and hotel insupportable.

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We used to catch them and put them up in the corral, and they developed great cunning.

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Hanson heard and wondered how the animal had gotten from the corral, for it was evident that he was already in the garden.

A pony neighed down at the corrals. Far out across the plain a lion roared.

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The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shallow draw past the cattle corral. Grandmother called my attention to a stout hickory cane, tipped with copper, which hung by a leather thong from her belt.

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I showed up money enough, in a careless way, to corral the shopkeeper's respect, and then I wrote down a list of the things I wanted, and handed it to him to see if he could read it.

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Jane Clayton saw the raiders lead the horses from the corral, and drive the herds in from the fields.

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'Sadie,' he said, 'if you don't promise to marry me to-morrow, I'll shoot myself to-night right back of the corral.' And he'd have done it, too, and Sadie knew it, and said she would.

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At the threshold of the dark interior the frightened things halted fearfully, and then as von Horn urged them on from behind with his cruel whip they milled as cattle at the entrance to a strange corral.

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Gone were the thatched huts of his sturdy retainers, empty the fields, the pastures, and corrals. Here and there vultures rose and circled above the carcasses of men and beasts.

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