verb, noun
verb (-ll-)
1 to go around an area or a building at regular times to check that it is safe and that there is no trouble:
[VN] Troops patrolled the border day and night. * [V] Guards can be seen patrolling everywhere.
2 [VN] to drive or walk around a particular area, especially in a threatening way:
Gangs of youths patrol the streets at night.
Part of speech: noun
1 [C,U] the act of going to different parts of a building, an area, etc. to make sure that there is no trouble or crime:
Security guards make regular patrols at night. * a police car on patrol
2 [C] a group of soldiers, vehicles, etc. that patrol an area:
a naval / police patrol * a patrol car / boat
3 a group of about six BOYSCOUTS or GIRLGUIDES/SCOUTS that forms part of a larger group
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for patrol is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is patrol a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, patrol is tagged as noun.
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