patrol

«patrol» in Mova's school dictionary: to go around it regularly to check that it is safe and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (patrol, patrols, patrolled, patrolling); noun (a patrol, patrols)

meaning for a pupil

1) To patrol an area is to go around it regularly to check that it is safe and that nothing is wrong. tree →

2) A patrol is a group of people, such as soldiers or police, who do this. tree →

3) On patrol means busy patrolling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday safety, police patrol streets, lifeguards patrol beaches, and lollipop ladies or crossing patrols help children cross the road. In Scouts and Guides, a patrol is a small group. Phrases: "on patrol", "police patrol", "border patrol", "school crossing patrol", "patrol car".

examples

• Police officers patrol the park at night. tree →
• Lifeguards patrol the beach in summer. tree →
• The soldiers were out on patrol. tree →
• Swim between the flags where lifeguards patrol. tree →
• The school crossing patrol helps us cross. tree →
• Our Scout patrol is called the Eagles. tree →
• A guard dog patrols the yard. tree →
• It was the colonel himself who came with the patrol, and he was not a little surprised when he found the recruit safe and sound. tree →

note

Double l: patrolled, patrolling. Stress on the second part: pa-TROL. Countable noun.

In the corpora

• Sumatran elephants are the smallest Asian elephants, and some trained elephants help rangers patrol the forest and lead wild elephants away from farms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «patrol» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.