Patrol

What do we mean by patrol?

The act of moving about an area especially by an authorized and trained person or group, for purposes of observation, inspection, or security. noun

A person or group of persons who perform such an act. noun

A military unit sent out on a reconnaissance or combat mission. noun

One or more military vehicles, boats, ships, or aircraft assigned to guard or reconnoiter a given area. noun

A division of a Boy Scout troop or Girl Scout troop consisting of between six and eight children. noun

To engage in a patrol of. intransitive verb

To engage in a patrol. intransitive verb

A walking or marching round, as in a camp, garrison, town, or other place, in order to watch and protect it. noun

The guard or persons who thus go the rounds; specifically, a police constable whose duty it is to perambulate a “beat” or district for a certain number of hours, for the protection of life and property, and the preservation of the peace; also, such constables collectively. noun

To go the rounds in a camp or garrison; march about in order to check disorder or irregularities, as a guard.

To go the rounds in a city, as a body of police.

To perambulate or traverse in all directions, as a patrol in a camp, garrison, town, harbor, etc., for the purpose of watching, guarding, or protecting; go over or through in all directions as a patrolman.

To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman transitive verb

To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. intransitive verb

A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. noun

A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. noun

The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. noun

Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding noun

A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.

A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.

The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.

A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop.

Words that are spelled similarly to patrol:
patrol, patron, petrol, parol, pathol, patro.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word patrol:
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Words that rhyme with patrol:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe patrol:
first, german, routine, small, british, military, man, american, japanese, strong, second, naval, last, regular, coastal, preventive, submarine, next, constant, armed, antisubmarine, french, israeli, civil, third, offensive, russian, entire, mobile, roving, hostile, day, recon, turkish, joint, chinese, range, indian, continuous, uniformed, successful, marine, daily, spanish, aerial, atlantic, hour, fourth, ambush, nightly, aggressive, occasional, fifth, maritime, foot, night, federal, effective, random, soviet, australian, motorized, usual, operational, permanent, sixth, mexican, forward, boer, vigilant, italian, inshore, defensive, north, south.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective patrol:
keepers, state.

Consonant match to patrol:
petrel, petrol, poitrel, peytrel.

Words that sound like patrol:
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