corral
verb/kəˈrɑːl/
/kəˈræl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they corral | /kəˈrɑːl/ /kəˈræl/ |
| he / she / it corrals | /kəˈrɑːlz/ /kəˈrælz/ |
| past simple corralled | /kəˈrɑːld/ /kəˈræld/ |
| past participle corralled | /kəˈrɑːld/ /kəˈræld/ |
| (US English also) -ing form corraled | /kəˈrɑːld/ /kəˈræld/ |
| -ing form corralling | /kəˈrɑːlɪŋ/ /kəˈrælɪŋ/ |
| (US English also) -ing form corraling | /kəˈrɑːlɪŋ/ /kəˈrælɪŋ/ |
- corral something to force horses or cows into a corral
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- corral somebody to gather a group of people together and keep them in a particular place
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish and Old Portuguese (now curral), perhaps based on Latin currere ‘to run’. Compare with kraal.
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