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Corral (Verb)

Meaning 1

Arrange wagons so that they form a corral.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • To make a safe area for the children to play, the organizers will corral the event wagons together in a large square.
  • A corral of colorful food trucks surrounded the festival grounds.
  • To secure the area, police instructed vendors to corral their vendor booths together for the duration of the event.
  • We set out the vendor stalls and corral the supply wagons near the rear.
  • Company employees were instructed to corral the company's festival booths in a specific pattern.

Hypernyms

  • Set Up

Meaning 2

Enclose in a corral; "corral the horses".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • Cowboys were tasked with corraling the cattle before the nighttime storm rolled in.
  • The farmer was having trouble corraling the escaped goats in his backyard.
  • Carefully the riders corralled the wild mustangs in a makeshift enclosure.
  • Workers at the stable corral the stallions each evening before cleaning their pens.
  • The horse trainers corralled the young horses in the outdoor arena for a group lesson.

Hypernyms

  • Shut In
  • Inclose
  • Close In

Related Words

  • Corral (noun)

Meaning 3

Collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The campaign team worked tirelessly to corral support for their candidate in the rural areas.
  • The activist group has been trying to corral signatures for the petition all week.
  • The new policy aims to corral taxpayer dollars more efficiently and allocate them to priority projects.
  • She has been touring the country, attempting to corral as many endorsements as possible for her presidential bid.
  • They stepped up their efforts to corral the attention of key stakeholders in an attempt to sway their decision.

Hypernyms

  • Collect
  • Pile Up
  • Hoard
  • Amass
  • Accumulate
  • Compile
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