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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#m1)

2) A patrol is a group of people, such as soldiers or police, who do this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#m2)

3) On patrol means busy patrolling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x1)
- Lifeguards patrol the beach in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x2)
- The soldiers were out on patrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x3)
- Swim between the flags where lifeguards patrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x4)
- The school crossing patrol helps us cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x5)
- Our Scout patrol is called the Eagles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x6)
- A guard dog patrols the yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x7)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «patrol» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrol/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.